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Jury Awards Woman $755,000 in Emergency Room Medical Malpractice CasePosted on 5/16/2012
New Board Recommendations Important to Safety of Atlanta PatientsPosted on 5/9/2012
Are Georgia and U.S. Doctors Committing Medical Malpractice Online?Posted on 5/2/2012
Georgia and U.S. Nursing Homes’ Emergency Preparedness QuestionedPosted on 5/1/2012
Military Man Sues U.S. Government for Medical Malpractice DamagesPosted on 4/23/2012
“Doctors and Consumers Fight Unnecessary Testing”Posted on 4/18/2012
Could a New Diagnostic Tool Help Predict Heart Attacks and Save Lives?Posted on 4/9/2012
Important New Study Published on Most Common Childhood Leukemia, ALLPosted on 4/1/2012
Are Low Income Patients More Likely to Sue for Medical Malpractice?Posted on 3/19/2012
Are State Medical Boards Protecting the Public from Medical Malpractice?Posted on 3/9/2012

How common are complications during pregnancy and childbirth?

A: As comforting as it would be to hear that complications during pregnancy and childbirth are rare, the reality is that they are fairly common. In fact, of the 6 million pregnancies that occur every year in the United States, 875,000 women experience one or more pregnancy complication.

Compounding the complications (or causing them in some cases), many pregnant women receive inadequate prenatal care. As many as 459,000 babies in this country are born every year to mothers who didn't receive proper prenatal care.

Some of the complications a woman can experience during pregnancy include depression, gestational diabetes mellitus or complications due to thyroid disorders. Unfortunately, complications in childbirth are just as common as those that apply to pregnancies. There are nearly 929,000 babies born each year in the U.S. that are either born prematurely, born underweight or born with birth defects.

If you or a loved one has had a pregnancy loss in Georgia and feel you have been a victim of medical malpractice, please request one of the Dover Law Firm's free information resources on medical malpractice available to you, including our book, Why Did This Critical Medical Error Happen to Me?. You can also contact an experienced Atlanta medical malpractice attorney at the Dover Law Firm at 770-518-1133 to discuss your legal options.

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