Medical negligency the cause of birth injury like they say in tv ads?

Birth injuries: Cerebral palsy is a symptom complex comprised of increase or decrease in muscle tone and variable degrees of developmental delay. CP is a devastating condition for the family to deal with and unfortunately the family almost always blames the obstetrician's error as causing this problem. Many of these children have had intra-uterine insults due to maternal medications, illegal drugs, alcohol etc.

Occasionally: Cerebral palsy usually occurs prior to the onset of labor according to most studies. Actual birth trauma can occur such as what occurs during a delivery where the shoulder are stuck. Of course, to avoid birth injury at all, there could be an argument made for 100% cesarean section rate. The C-section rate in brazil approaches 90% for a variety of reasons.

Unlikely: twin pregnancies are at significantly increased risk severe complications including death. It is now clear that with IVF putting more than one embryo in the uterus is negligent. Allowing a fetus it to be delivered at 10+ pounds is also negligent--they are at significant risk of injury. Cerebral palsy varies enormously in severity and is not due to birth asphyxia. Shoulder dystocia may lead to Fx.

Sometimes: The national collaborative perinatal project in the 60's examined over 50,000 births followed for 7 years.They found more than half the kids with CP (brain injury) had normal pregnancies,labors and deliveries with normal APGAR scores. TV adds are a fishing expedition by lawyers who will try to prove negligence, then bill for time and take 1/3 of any money retrieved. Its a job.