Dr Gittens-Williams does consultative work. This includes providing expert opinion and testimony about all aspects of high risk pregnancies. The author has no relevant affiliations or financial ...

Shoulder dystocia is an uncommon but potentially catastrophic intrapartum event. Although risk factors such as maternal diabetes, obesity and macrosomia can be identified, shoulder dystocia most ...

A Mitchell’s Plain mother has secured a legal victory against the Western Cape Department of Health after negligence during ...

For instance, if one or both of the baby’s shoulders become stuck in the birth canal (shoulder dystocia), a doctor may attempt to pull harder on the baby’s head and shoulders or use forceps to pull ...

Update: Gumbo had his first breeze on the track, and his owners posted a compilation video showing the long journey it took ...

There are places on this Earth where I have felt so close to heaven that I could almost touch it, hear it, see it. The Lake District in England, one early autumn day in 2013, was among them. I was ...

If a medical professional’s error injures a child shortly before, during, or after delivery, their family may be able to file a birth injury lawsuit to pursue ...