Labour is difficult for both mother and baby, especially when it becomes a long process. There are many different causes of injuries that can occur during labour and delivery:
- Uterine rupture during a vaginal birth
- Failure to treat a herpes infection in the mother
- Failure to detect and respond to a non-reassuring fetal heart rate
- Failure to properly administer oxytocin
- Failure to detect and respond to tachysystole (excessive contractions)
- Failure to expedite the delivery of the baby when progress has slowed or stopped
- Failure to properly manage an operative vaginal delivery (i.e vacuum or forceps)
- Failure to recommend a caesarian section.