No specific labor pattern has been demonstrated to reliably predict shoulder dystocia. The additional use of an instrument for delivery of a macrosomic infant is associated with an increase in the ...

Wall said the failure by the locum in not recognising that shoulder dystocia had occurred ultimately led to the baby being born “showing no signs of life”, while the mother went on to develop ...

But her baby became stuck in the birth canal most likely because of shoulder dystocia, when a baby's shoulder gets stuck behind the pubic bone, according to the family. Mr Edmond said typical ...

A coroner determined the baby's death was caused by prolonged first and second stage labour complicated by shoulder dystocia. Medical staff worked for nearly an hour to try and revive a baby boy ...

She had developed a complication known as shoulder dystocia. It means the baby becomes stuck during the final stages of labour. The South Eastern Health Trust announced on Thursday that births at ...