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I had a normal pregnancy, but when I was giving birth my baby swallowed meconium. My child was born alive, but then died at the hospital after birth. How can I find a birth trauma lawyer in New York to see if there is a valid medical malpractice case and file a lawsuit for my child who passed meconium during delivery and died due to the doctor's negligence…?

When a baby passes meconium during labor or delivery, it can sometimes be a sign of a doctor’s mistake; in … Show More other words, medical malpractice. Meconium is also known as a baby’s feces, stool or poop. Often the hospital staff will tell a mother that her baby “ate” or “swallowed” feces. Technically, this is inaccurate but some hospital staff including doctors and nurses still use this terminology when speaking with patients whose children are injured by meconium at birth.When a baby passes meconium before birth, the baby is at high risk to either inhale or aspirate the meconium into the baby’s lungs. When meconium is aspirated into a baby’s lungs, it makes it …Read More »

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