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Cerebral Palsy
Cerebral Palsy can be a result of a brain injury or abnormality caused by a premature or difficult birth. Signs of cerebral palsy can also been seen during the first 2-3 years of a child's development. Other causes of Cerebral Palsy can be traumatic brain injuries like falling or being struck in the head at an early age.

What Increases Your Risk
The chances of Cerebral Palsy increase as a baby's weight decreases. Most often, this brain abnormality occurs to premature babies that weight under 5.5 pounds. Between 40-50% of children with Cerebral Palsy, are born premature.

Common Procedure During Delivery Linked to Lasting Rectal Injuries
Many women must undergo an episiotomy while in labor which is a medical procedure that cuts the tissue between the vagina and rectum to widen the birth canal. A new study shows that side effects like uncontrollable bowel movements and gas can be a long-lasting result of this surgery.

Childbirth Complications
Although an initial pregnancy may seem normal, there are complications that can occur during labor. Some common known problems are abnormal presentation, which is when the unborn child is positioned dangerously in the mother's uterus that could cause serious complications to either the child or the mother.

Study Shows NSAIDs May Up Risk of Heart Birth Defects During Early Pregnancy
Researchers say that women who take pain relievers during their first three months of pregnancy are at greater risk for specific heart-related birth defects. Prescription Motrin, Naprosyn and Voltaren are among the drugs that could cause complications to a child's heart, after birth.

Paxil's Birth Defects Warning Strengthened
A new study shows that women who have taken the antidepressant Paxil during their first trimester are at a greater risk for major birth defects. Researchers say that Paxil is linked to twice as many birth defects then any other antidepressant.

ACE Inhibitors May Boost Birth Defects
The FDA recommends that women who are taking ACE inhibitors to lower blood pressure should reconsider stopping before or during pregnancy. Studies show that taking the drug can increase the risk of birth defects.

Normal Newborn: Birth Injury
Birth injuries happen during labor and/or pregnancy. Some may be as a result of genetics or a specific harmful drug that was taken. Traumatic birth injuries can be consequential to a difficult labor or an accident that occurred by the medical staff involved. Some causes are natural while others may be due to the infliction of physical damage to the infant.

High-Risk Newborn: Problems Resulting from the Birth Process
Babies that weigh more then 8 pounds and 13 ounces have a higher chance in birth injury and defects. Premature babies that have been born at 37 weeks or earlier also are at risk.

Cerebral Palsy
There are four different categories of Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy is a brain disorder that effects the physical movement of the body as well as the nerves and is can be a result of birth complications. Over half a million Americans suffer from Cerebral Palsy.

Hospitals Unit Found Liable In Birth Injury
A 12 year old girl that was born in Harlem Hospital Center in 1987 suffers from brain damage and other permanent injuries after her mother underwent 17 hours of labor where her umbilical cord was wrapped around her neck. As a result of the lack of oxygen to her body, she now lives with cerebral palsy and is confined to a wheel chair. A jury ruled on a $76.4 million verdict in favor of the victim and it's said to be the largest malpractice suit against the Health and Hospitals Corporation.

MALPRACTICE SUIT GIVES MILLIONS BUT NOT HOPE
Parents of a 3 year old girl won a $2.5 million verdict for a birth injury that occurred due to medical malpractice during pregnancy. The victim's mother was over a week late for her schedule delivery date and went to the hospital when she felt excruciating pain. The doctors dismissed her symptoms and she went home only to return later that day. As a result, the baby was born with cerebral palsy. From the hospital records, the baby had abnormalities in her tests which were ignored therefore the family received a large settlement to cope with the past and future affects of this tragedy.

Other Helpful Resources

Autism Society of America
http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer?pagename=chapterNY

American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine
http://www.aacpdm.org

American Academy of Pediatrics
http://www.aap.org

American Society of Pediatric Neurosurgeons
http://www.aspn.org

National Brachial Plexus/Erb's Palsy Association
http://www.nbpepa.org

National Institute of Health
http://www.nih.gov

Centers for Disease Control
http://www.cdc.gov

National Library of Medicine
http://www.nlm.nih.gov

The New England Journal of Medicine
http://content.nejm.org

The Virtual Hospital
http://www.vh.org

New York-Presbyterian Children's Hospital
http://www.childrensnyp.org

HealthCare Association of New York State
http://www.hanys.org

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - Cerebral Palsy: Hope Through Research
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/

Cerebral Palsy Associations of New York State
http://www.cpofnys.org/

Pregnancy & Newborns
http://www.kidshealth.org/parent/pregnancy_newborn/index.html

THE MERCK MANUAL, Sec 19, Ch. 260, Disturbances in Newborns And Infants
http://www.merck.com/pubs/mmanual/section19/chapter260/260f.htm

Injured Newborn
http://www.injurednewborn.com/

MEDLINEplus: Assistive Devices
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/assistivedevices.html

New York State Home Page
http://www.state.ny.us/

Family Village: Disability-Related Resources
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx

Service and Assistive Animals
http://www.infinitec.org/live/special%20animals/pooches.html

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