Is C.P. always caused by a doctor's mistake???

The short answer is no cerebral palsy is not always caused by a doctor's mistake. Here is a link so you can see some of the major causes: http://www.cerebral-palsy... A baby's skin is usually dry and peeling at birth and up to a month after birth so that really should not be anything to worry about.

My son has CP because I was around a chemical when I was 2-4 months pregnant. We have no idea what it was and they said it could have been in passing. He is now 12 years old. It would not hurt to contact an attorney and let them go over things. If it was a result of something they did, you would always get and have money for what they need.

Hi, your situation is very similar to mine. My child was 2 months pre-mature due to a placenta abruptia. My placenta detached from my uterus and deprived him oxygen, for an unknown amount of time. I woke up,stood up and started hemorraging. They took him emergency C-section and when they removed him he was dead. The worked on him for 9 minutes and finally was able to bring him back. He had seizures for the first 48 hours and then sporatically throughout the next 2 weeks. My son has been diagnosed with CP(severe spastic quadriplegia), hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy(brain damage due to oxygen loss), epilepsy, and a movement disorder among other things. It all stems from loss of oxygen at birth. Which kind of sounds to me like that is what happened to your child. I wish you the best of luck, my son will be two soon and functions around the month of a three year old, so I definately know what you are going through. If you ever need to talk I'm here for you, it makes things a little easier when you know that you are not alone and can actually talk to another parent that can relate to what you are going through. Take care, you'll be in my prayers.

My son was born with CP he is on this site as rossdcurran I was 38 when I had Ross, He was strangled with the cord ans his brain was starved of oxygen, we were told Ross would not live but if by any miracle he did he would be a vegetable he is now 6 feet tall his is ambulant ( no wheelchair) he is an elder in our church and gives readings, he has his HND in computing at college) and is now taking 2 open university courses, so don't believe all you are told, work hard and you will see miracles, God bless xxxx

I cant believe you have to go through that.I feel so bad for her you should maybe contact someone who can give you free leagal advice and just tell them the situation they should be able to help you figure out if you should sue or not.

There's a lot of possible causes of Cerebral palsy in a child. First group of causes happens during pregnancy or the pre natal causes. They are, prematurity; maternal infections such as rubella, herpes simplex and toxoplasmosis; metabolic disorders such as severe asthma, cardiac abonormalities and Diabetes; Rh incompatibility; inherited causes; drugs and alcohols;

Second group of causes occurs at the time of delivery or Perinatal Causes. Birth iNJURY, asphyxia, prematurity- very low birth weight, and anoxia from birth complications and respiratory distress are some of them.

Postnatal causes are neoplasms, child abuse and neglect, cerebrovascular disease, infections like meningitis and abcess, neoplasms, and anoxia caused by smoke inhalation and drowning.

hope i was able to help you even in a very little way.

CP can caused by nurological disorders that just exist in the being naturally and nothing the doctor could have done would've helped it not be. A lot of people, especially ambulance chaser lawyers make money off of the parents of kids with CP by getting them to sue.