I believed the posts that said she had a prior child that was larger in an uneventful spontaneous vaginal delivery (SVD). That's what happens when I don't double check and I know better. I guess that's why links are necessary.
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“And while she says she’s not privy to all of the details of the case, Dr. Farrington notes that Dr. St. Julian and the hospital’s staff should have been honest immediately with the family. “The whole team was complicit with the doctor in covering it up,” Dr. Farrington says. “The team that took care of [the infant and mother] is responsible, but the hospital is probably going to pay.”
Farrington also says that while a doctor may not lose their license in a malpractice case, a cover-up could potentially lead to a loss of license. “It’s one thing for a baby to die or to not be able to handle the delivery, but to cover it up was the biggest mistake,” Dr. Farrington says.”
An infant was decapitated during delivery without the parents' knowledge— manner of death ruled a homicide. | MDLinx
A couple in Georgia alleges that their infant was decapitated during delivery when the doctor used excessive force.
Interestingly, I think the physician in the 2012 Missouri case continued practicing after that lawsuit.
Doctors 'decapitated baby during birth and tried to hide it from parents after the dead infant was delivered by C-section'
Arteisha Betts and Travis Ammonette, of Missouri, claim their obstetricians had allegedly coerced them into a vaginal delivery, decapitated their son and then pushed the boy's head and body back into the birth canal.www.dailymail.co.uk
Interestingly, I think the physician in the 2012 Missouri case continued practicing after that lawsuit.
Doctors 'decapitated baby during birth and tried to hide it from parents after the dead infant was delivered by C-section'
Arteisha Betts and Travis Ammonette, of Missouri, claim their obstetricians had allegedly coerced them into a vaginal delivery, decapitated their son and then pushed the boy's head and body back into the birth canal.
Another poster was talking about how hospitals in the US try to reduce their number of C-sections. It's sounding like the hospital was trying to do all they could to encourage a vaginal delivery, and realized the need for a C-section too late to save the baby.
Yeah I never asked for my first c section and never even thought I’d have one until I got to the hospital at 6cm and my sons heart rate wouldn’t fully recover. Had an emergency c section and that was that. He was born healthy! My next two I decided to try for vaginal deliveries but I was in a hospital with the thought that I may end up in a section and I was fine either way. My doctor actually encouraged me to have my next two by section since I already had one but since my first section wasn’t my body’s “fault” (like I was too small to deliver a big baby or something like that) I wanted to try and they were supportive. I never would have refused a section though. My first had the cord around his neck and body so labor put him into distress. I ended up with 2 successful vaginal births after my c section.
Again, we only have the plaintiff’s lawyer’s side of the story. Patients often don’t recall circumstances 100% correctly, especially when under emotional and/or physical distress.
Shoulder dystocia, as I was taught, is an obstetrics emergency. Often, the mother and baby both expire.
