Many factors may suggest that your baby’s injuries were caused by a delay in delivery:

• Poor APGAR scores (these are scores assigned within the first 10 minutes of the baby’s birth and evaluate the baby’s color, respirations, muscle tone, heart rate and response to stimulation — a perfect score is 10 — lower scores often signify a problem during the delivery)
• Low umbilical cord blood gases
• Blue skin color of the baby
• Meconium (meconium is the baby’s feces that can be excreted into the amniotic fluid if the baby is under significant stress) on the baby’s body or in the amniotic fluid after delivery
• Seizures within the first few days after birth
• Placing a full-term baby in the Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
• An emergency Cesarean Section (C-Section)
• A baby who has poor muscle tone
• Baby needs resuscitation after birth
• Baby is not delivered within 24 hours of water breaking

As soon as you suspect that negligence may be the cause your baby’s birth injury, you should contact us ASAP so that we may promptly evaluate your case. You can E-mail us directly at info@zifflaw.com , call us at 800-ZIFFLAW (943‑3529), or fill out the Contact Form on this website. There is no charge for the consultation and if after consulting with us, you choose not to pursue any action or choose not to hire us, we will respect your decision. Accordingly, you have nothing to lose by consulting with us now.