Purpose of
Prenatal Care
The purpose of prenatal care is to ensure your unborn child is developing properly and getting ready for a safe, timely entrance into this world.
Your doctor should be monitoring you and our child for things like gestational diabetes.
Routine Monitoring and Testing
Regular visits to the doctor should include checking the mother’s blood pressure and weight in order to prevent complications such as pregnancy induced hypertension (also known as preeclampsia.
Urine tests should be done to check for gestational diabetes, which could cause the baby to gain too much weight and lead to a dangerous delivery.
The doctor should also be checking your baby’s heart rate, growth, position and movement to make sure things are progressing normally.
Tests should also be done to make sure the mother has enough amniotic fluid to protect the baby.
Acting on Abnormal Test Results
Abnormal results from any of these tests or assessments should lead your doctor to do something. This may include additional tests, increased monitoring, bed rest, or referral to a specialist who deals with complicated pregnancies.
If your doctor missed the signs of a potential injury to your child, the consequences can last a lifetime.
Risks of Midwife-Managed Care
One of the most common scenarios we see with regard to poor prenatal care is when the care is being managed by a midwife. While it is true that a midwife can provide less expensive, maybe even more personalized care, they are simply not equipped to deal with the numerous complications that can arise during the development of a baby.
Midwife’s do not have the education or training that medical doctors have. In addition to medical school, an obstetrician must complete a 4-year residency under the direct supervision of another doctor before becoming board certified to delivery babies. There is no residency program for midwifes. This means that when they are presented with a problem during the pregnancy, they often lack the experience to know how to handle it.
Another issue with midwifes that can have catastrophic consequences for your child is that most are not affiliated with a clinic or hospital. This means they lack the resources necessary to perform some tests and to respond to complications that can arise during delivery.
Finally, we have found that most midwifes do not even carry insurance. That means if your child is injured because a midwife provided negligent care during your pregnancy or at the delivery, you may not be able to recover anything to compensate your child for the injuries they will be dealing with for the rest of their lives.
What You
Can Do
If your child was injured because of poor prenatal care, please give us a call to see if we can help you and your child get the answers, and compensation, you are both entitled to.
We offer free consultations, and we do not get paid unless you win.
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