Cerebral Palsy can be caused by injury to the infant’s brain before, during or after birth.

If any of the following happened to your baby, it means your baby may have been harmed as a result of improper medical care:

• The infant is floppy at birth
• The infant’s skin is blue or dusky at birth
• The infant had to be resuscitated (CPR was used) at, or shortly after birth
• The infant had problems maintaining temperature after birth
• The bag of waters was ruptured for over 24 hours
• The infant demonstrated poor sucking after birth
• The infant developed seizures within 24 to 48 hours after birth, or within the first 3-4 days of life
• There was no indication of trauma or infection during the pregnancy
• There was meconioum (fecal) staining on the baby at the time of delivery
• A specialist was called to care for the baby
• The baby was transferred to an intensive care unit