This should never happen :(

[twinkles**stars]

Yes there are always risks but this should never have happened. So very sad 😞

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2533493/We-heard-pop-like-pottery-cracking-Parents-heartbrok...

The parents of a baby girl who died after her skull was crushed during a forceps delivery are suing the Texas hospital where she was born.

Rachel Melancon had experienced a healthy pregnancy, but when a doctor at the Medical Center of Southeast Texas used forceps during the birth on December 28 it had devastating consequences.

As the medical device was clamped around her baby's head, the 24-year-old and her fiance Allen Coats claim they heard a popping sound as their daughter's skull was crushed.

Heartbroken: Allen Coats and Rachel Melancon with baby Olivia whose skull was crushed during an attempted forceps delivery

Damage: Baby Olivia was born with a fractured skull and broken spinal cord, which left her brain damaged

The baby girl, named Olivia Marie, survived for five more days after being left brain damaged and with a fractured skull and severed spinal cord.

Her parents plan to sue their obstetrician, Dr George T Backardjiev, and the Medical Center of Southeast Texas.

The couple have also started a Facebook campaign page to petition against the use of forceps in all births.

Ms Melancon, at 4ft 11in and weighing 95lb before she became pregnant, had asked for a cesarean section when her baby was overdue and large, considering her mother's petite frame.

The link gives the full story.........

[crystal**flake]

I think they should sue for sure!!!!!!!

[crystal**flake]

. It doesn't mean we shouldn't expect that in 2013, a baby can't be born healthy, without perfection.

Aren't we very lucky to take that for granted.

[***super_nova***]

We just do not know what has happened.  It is also possible that the baby had softer bones than is normal.  The doctor would not refuse to do C-section, which is faster and gets him more money, if there was no reason. 

Birth still is & always will be dangerous to both mother and baby. 

[jimmy*part4]

Terrible thing to happen.

As a person with a very high tolerance to pain AND pain killers/drugs I have woken up during medical procedures. Unable to move (except once...and barely at all) I could feel and hear everything going on. I can tell you both times the doctors were extremely heavy handed.

A dentist removing a tooth that grew inside the roof of my mouth. I woke up with the dentists knee in my chest with him cursing digging into the roof of my mouth. A little finesse would be the way to go, one would think. These are human being they are dealing with...not a Chevy.

Have you ever played an arcade game? If you have and can remember...the joy stick can be pushed with no effort, but I (and those I've watched played) remember putting so much pressure on the stick to make a turn being surprised that the sticks didn't get ripped off the game.

Using an endoscope is much the same. I woke up...again with the guy cursing me, this time to sit still. He was maneuvering down my throat to retrieve a gall stone stuck just at the exit of the bile duct. He was pushing the scope so hard against the back of my throat to make a turn I swear he was going to break it. (I am SURE I was on the verge of receiving serious damage)

Obviously these guys have no guily feelings about the damage they do...or else they'd stop doing it. I believe they just have their mind set on the paycheck at the end of the procedure....churn em out rake it in! I don't believe for one minute the doctor will lose any sleep what so ever and continue in the same manner.

I'm not afraid of the affliction...I'm afraid of being helpless and at the hands of Dr mengele. 

They are NOT taught finesse!

[darksideofthemoon]

That is really tragic, and I am sure it won't be the first time.  My daughter was a forceps delivery and thankfully all was well, but it gives me the horrors to imagine what these two parents are going through.

Don't they use suction cups nowadays?  I'm sure I've seen some documentaries on them.

[i-once-was-bump]

The insurance companies that offer cover for doctors rarely fight it out in court these days. They just try to settle eveerything before it gets to court. It makes no difference if the doctor was right or wrong.

Years ago the insurance companies would try to protect a doctor's reputation if the doctor was not responsible.

As for finesse, what on earth are you on?
If you don't want the doctor to do their job properly then don't have surgery.

[debra9275]

How terribly sad for all involved. The family and the doctor

I wonder why the doctor didn't insist on a ceasarian, maybe it was too late. but surely they would've known that she was a big baby.

Apparently Australia has a very high number of ceasars.

One of mine was a forceps delivery. it was a difficult birth as she was back to front. She did have marks on her head from the forceps when she was born

[debra9275]

I just read the full article

[azureline**]

There is also a fb page with a letter from the mum about exactly what happened. She asked for a caesar,,,,,,,,,,,,, obviously too late when he finally did it.

[twinkles**stars]

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@***super_nova*** wrote:

We just do not know what has happened.  It is also possible that the baby had softer bones than is normal.  The doctor would not refuse to do C-section, which is faster and gets him more money, if there was no reason. 

Birth still is & always will be dangerous to both mother and baby. 

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Yes we do know....there is full detailed discription of the event. Softer bones? The doctot did refuse the mothers request for a c section.

The childs spine was severed 😞 That is unacceptable.