HIE life expectancy is something that many parents are concerned with, especially when they are initially informed of their child’s brain injury. From our experience, HIE life expectancy is a concern because for many parents they generally have little understanding...
The value of a second opinion and should you get one? This is a question that can be a struggle for some families after their baby has suffered a brain injury, namely an HIE injury, at birth. As one parent told me, “I want to trust what the doctors are saying but I am...
What are developmental milestones for a baby and why can they be important? More than likely, you have heard the term developmental milestones or progress during a baby’s well check up visits. Developmental milestones are essentially check points of growth for a baby....
One of the most important things that medical professionals want to know during labor and delivery is how well a baby is handling the delivery. In other words, fetal well-being. Fetal well-being can be monitored in multiple ways, with one way using the fetal scalp...
HIE and two cord patterns when around the baby’s neck. The term for when the umbilical cord is wrapped around a baby’s neck during labor and delivery is called nuchal cord. Not only can nuchal cord present during labor and delivery, it can also present during...
