Pregnancy and birth should be times of great celebration but where errors are made these can have lifelong effects for a mother and possibly a baby.

The types of injuries which a mother or baby can suffer from during pregnancy or birth include:

• Failure to identify an ectopic pregnancy
• Misdiagnosis of miscarriage
• Failing to recognise a perforation injury following a caesarean section or dilation and curettage (D & C)
• Failure to identify and/or adequately repair a third or fourth degree tear
• Excessive traction during delivery which causes the baby to suffer from a plexus
• (Erbs Palsy) Injury