Birth Injury Guides

One new guide a day, written for parents and checked against public health and court sources — never a law firm blog. This is the birth-injury segment of the Beverly Law Law Blog.

Latest guides

Placental Abruption: The Emergency Behind Many HIE Cases2026-10-13Placental abruption can cut off a baby’s oxygen fast. Learn the signs, risk factors, why minutes matter, and what the fetal strip and operative note show.Birth Injury or Birth Defect? How Doctors and Lawyers Tell Them Apart2026-10-12Birth injury or birth defect? Learn how timing, imaging, genetic tests and placental exams help doctors tell them apart, and what families can ask.Newborn Low Blood Sugar: A Simple Test That Prevents Brain Damage2026-10-11Newborn low blood sugar is common and treatable. Learn who gets screened, what the AAP thresholds mean, how feeding and dextrose gel help, and the risks.Meconium Aspiration: What It Means for Your Baby2026-10-10Learn why meconium appears, how doctors respond at birth, what NICU care involves, and what recovery usually looks like after meconium aspiration.Uterine Rupture and VBAC: How Risk Is Supposed to Be Managed2026-10-09What a trial of labor after cesarean involves, how rupture risk is monitored, warning signs, and outcomes, based on medical sources.Preeclampsia and HELLP Syndrome: Warning Signs the Team Should Act On2026-10-06Plain-language guide to preeclampsia and HELLP: blood pressure numbers, warning signs, delivery timing, postpartum risk and state maternal death data.Forceps and Vacuum Deliveries: When Assisted Delivery Causes Injury2026-10-05How forceps and vacuum deliveries work, when they are used, the injuries that can follow, and what medical records should show. CA, TX and WA.Newborn Sepsis and Group B Strep: Screening, Antibiotics and Missed Signs2026-10-04How Group B Strep is screened, how labor antibiotics work, and the signs of newborn sepsis, based on CDC, AAP and ACOG guidance.Newborn Jaundice and Kernicterus: The Brain Injury That Is Preventable2026-10-03Learn how newborn jaundice is screened and treated, what kernicterus is, and why follow-up after discharge matters for families in CA, TX and WA.Delayed C-Section: The 30-Minute Rule and Why Minutes Matter2026-10-02What the 30-minute decision-to-incision guideline means, how night and weekend staffing can play a part, and how a delay appears in birth records.Fetal Heart Monitoring: How Strips Are Read and How Warnings Get Missed2026-10-01How fetal heart monitor strips are read, what Category I, II and III mean, and why the strips matter in a records review for families in CA, TX and WA.Shoulder Dystocia: What It Is and What the Delivery Team Should Do2026-09-30Learn what shoulder dystocia is, its risk factors, the HELPERR steps, what belongs in the chart, and how too much traction can affect a newborn’s nerves.Erb’s Palsy: Recovery, Therapy and When Surgery Is Considered2026-09-29Learn how Erb’s palsy affects the newborn arm, how recovery usually goes, what therapy involves and when doctors may consider nerve surgery.HIE and Cooling Therapy: What Happens in the First 6 Hours2026-09-25What hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy is, how Sarnat staging works, and why the first 6 hours after birth matter for cooling therapy.Early Signs of Cerebral Palsy in Babies: What Parents Notice First2026-09-22Early signs of cerebral palsy by age, muscle tone and asymmetry cues, when to ask for a referral, and how CP is diagnosed.

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Important: This page is general information about birth injuries and California law, not legal advice, and reading it does not create an attorney-client relationship with Beverly Law. Every case is different — talk to a lawyer about your own situation. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. No fee unless we win. Last reviewed: 2026-09-18.