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The placenta is the working connection between mother and baby during pregnancy. It transfers oxygen and nutrients into the fetal circulation, removes waste, produces hormones, and helps regulate fetal growth. When the placenta cannot keep up with the baby’s needs, the consequences may appear gradually through poor growth or suddenly through an abnormal fetal assessment.<\/p>\n

Oxygen is really the key. Many birth injury cases our lawyers investigate involve a compromised placenta and a baby who is no longer tolerating the pregnancy well. The legal question is rarely whether placental insufficiency can be dangerous. The fight is usually over when the warning signs became clear, what additional surveillance was required, and whether delivery should have occurred sooner.<\/p>\n

Some placental injuries cannot be prevented. A malpractice case may exist when the available information called for serial growth studies, Doppler testing, maternal-fetal medicine consultation, hospitalization, closer fetal surveillance, or delivery, and the delay probably caused an avoidable injury.<\/p>\n

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The placenta is the working connection between mother and baby during pregnancy. It transfers oxygen and nutrients into the fetal circulation, removes waste, produces hormones, and helps regulate fetal growth. When the placenta cannot keep up with the baby’s needs, the consequences may appear gradually through poor growth or suddenly through an abnormal fetal assessment. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":845,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-953","page","type-page","status-publish"],"yoast_head":"\nPlacental Insufficiency Birth Injury Malpractice Lawyer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Placental insufficiency can cause cerebral palsy, IUGR, or stillbirth. A delayed diagnosis may be malpractice. 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