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On July 8, 2003, Madison Drake was delivered by obstetrician Dr. Timothy Durkee at Swedish American Hospital<\/a> in Rockford<\/a>, Ill. During the vaginal delivery of this newborn, a shoulder dystocia was encountered. Essentially that means that the baby\u2019s shoulder was caught or stuck on the mother\u2019s pubic bone. Dr. Durkee used the McRoberts maneuver with suprapubic pressure to finish the delivery of the baby.<\/p>\n

Madison\u2019s mother, Nicole Drake, consented to vaginal delivery, but claimed that she requested a C-section several times during her labor. <\/p>\n

Madison suffered a left humerus fracture, brachial plexus injury, and a mild hypoxic brain injury that left baby Madison with cognitive deficits and executive function impairment. The brachial plexus injury would most likely have been caused by the effort to dislodge the baby\u2019s shoulder that was stuck on the mother\u2019s pubic bone.
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On July 8, 2003, Madison Drake was delivered by obstetrician Dr. Timothy Durkee at Swedish American Hospital in Rockford, Ill. During the vaginal delivery of this newborn, a shoulder dystocia was encountered. Essentially that means that the baby\u2019s shoulder was caught or stuck on the mother\u2019s pubic bone. 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