In this educational article and supporting video we will discuss 3 of the possible causes of a baby’s HIE injury. For many families, when their baby has suffered a traumatic brain injury like HIE many questions abound as to the possible cause of the injury. Because...
Today we will discuss a mother’s contractions and baby oxygen levels. The reason why we will talk with you about this is because we have talked with some individuals about this offline the last couple of days. A mothers contraction pattern is important and so if...
We recently did a talk regarding APGAR scoring. Following that talk, we received questions about how even with “good” APGAR scores, some parents have still seen their baby move to an HIE diagnosis. As a result, in this post we will focus on some limits with APGAR...
So, the question for today’s voice chat is what is birth asphyxia and how can this medical condition play a role in an HIE diagnosis? In many of our videos we discuss blood and oxygen levels and how reductions in blood and oxygen can harm a baby, especially if this is...
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...
