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Shoulder dystocia is unpredictable and occurs during delivery when the baby’s shoulder jams up behind the mother’s pelvic bone. Cases of shoulder dystocia are common however many babies escape without injury as a result of the attending healthcare practitioner usually a doctor or a midwife, managing to release the child by following established protocols including repositioning the mother, repositioning the child and deliberately breaking the baby’s clavicle. In the most severe cases, performing an emergency caesarean section may be necessary.

Injuries due shoulder dystocia may be temporary or permanent and range from a fractured arm or collar bone to more severe injury where nerve damage has been sustained resulting in arm or shoulder paralysis.

Failure to act in the face of obvious risk or failure to follow the protocols can be grounds to pursue a Medical Negligence compensation claim if the child suffers any injury. If you think that your child was injured as a result of medical negligence you should speak to a solicitor about making a claim against the hospital or clinic. Children injured during birth usually receive public funding and legal aid which is not means tested for those under the age of 18 years.

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