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Causes of Birth Injuries

A birth injury is typically caused by any kind of medical malpractice during the birthing process. This includes incidents before, during and after the delivery of the infant.

Often referred to as delivery room negligence, the most common causes of birth injury include:

• Overly aggressive force during delivery.
• Waiting too long to perform a C-section, even though the baby is clearly in distress.
• Failing to seek necessary help of an obstetrician if the birth is being performed by a midwife.
• Poor intubation of baby, resulting in hypoxia.
• Insufficient prenatal testing which leads to delivery complications.

It’s important to note that birth injuries can also occur naturally. These types of injuries generally occur during vaginal or abdominal operative deliveries and are caused by a lack of oxygen or mechanical trauma.

• Lack of Oxygen Injuries – These types of injuries happen when there is a stoppage in the oxygen supply to the infant. This can be caused by a squeezed or tangled umbilical cord or by asphyxiation on the fetus’s own fecal matter.
• Mechanical Trauma Injuries – Mechanical trauma injuries usually occur because the baby assumes an unnatural position during childbirth or because the baby is too large to pass through the birth canal.

These obstetrical traumas generally tend to decrease as women age. However, depending on the procedure, the age of the mother can make a big difference in the likelihood of birth trauma.

For vaginal delivery without instrument (NOT using medical instruments to assist during the birth process), women between the ages of 15 to 17 years were most likely to suffer a birth trauma (approximately 48 deliveries per 1,000).

By comparison, for deliveries WITH instrument (using medical instruments to assist during childbirth), women between the ages of 25 to 34 years old were the most susceptible to suffering a birth-related trauma (approximately 193 deliveries per 1,000).