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Fetal monitoring is used in delivery rooms across the country to track how a baby is doing during labor. It records the baby’s heart rate and how the baby responds before, during, and after contractions.

When doctors and nurses monitor correctly, they may recognize when a baby is in distress. However, when they miss warning signs or wait too long to act


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The delivery room can be a beautiful place. It’s where the countdown ends and a mother gets to finally meet her baby for the first time. Where nine months of dreaming of what they will look like and what it will feel like to hold them for the first time actually becomes a reality.

For many mothers, the greatest stress after childbirth is learning how to feed their chil...


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Brachial plexus birth injury (BPBI) is the most common serious birth injury. It affects up to 3 out of every 1,000 babies. BPBIs happen when the nerves that control the shoulder, arm, and hand are injured during birth. For about one-third of affected children, the nerve damage is permane...


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When a baby does not get enough oxygen and blood flow around the time of birth, doctors may have only a short time to act.

For some babies with moderate-to-severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), cooling therapy can lower the risk of death or long-term dis...


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