I wasn’t going to bring this to social media, but I’m lost and don’t know what to do. On October 2, I came to labor and delivery because I started throwing up again like I was in my first trimester. I wasn’t able to hold down anything, not even water, and I started feeling less movement with my son. I get to L&D, and long story short, my kidneys were failing. They couldn’t figure out why. They eventually diagnosed me with preeclampsia and told me I needed to have my baby. Mind you, I wasn’t due until November 11, so they wanted to induce me 5 weeks early. I was only 34 weeks and 5 days. Now here’s where I become vulnerable because I feel my son deserves justice, so please share my story.
On October 6, 2025, I gave birth to my son in San Leandro, California, and as a first-time mom, what happened in that delivery room was the most traumatic experience I’ve ever had in my life. I was induced due to preeclampsia five weeks before my due date. I ended up getting an epidural. It took me 4 1/2 hours of pushing; my baby was having a hard time coming out. He was already breached. The doctor who delivered my baby kept twisting my son while inside of me. My son still wasn’t coming while I was pushing, so the doctor and I both agreed on getting an episiotomy. While that happened, she didn’t cut enough, and my baby’s shoulder got stuck. When he came out, he wasn’t breathing. I didn’t get to experience my son being put on my chest. They called a code blue and rushed him into the NICU. That’s when his dad and everybody in the hospital saw the abrasion they caused from trying to rotate him for no reason. I have videos, pictures, medical records, everything I need to provide proof. Everybody in the hospital kept apologizing to me about what happened to my son. It kept making me depressed because I didn’t have my son in the room. He was in the NICU and stayed there for 11 days before he was able to come home, and he’s still suffering from the injury. My son had to go through MRIs being only 2/3 days old, and they keep telling me that it might never heal correctly. It might always stay pink, and I just feel like this wasn’t supposed to happen. I never heard of a child being born and their skin being ripped off their head, and that’s what happened to my son. The doctor even told me that it was from her trying to rotate him, and then she said that it was due to me pushing. Everybody I talk to told me that that’s not true. You can’t rip your baby’s skin off its head from pushing. I just want justice for my son and for me because I’m so emotionally scarred. I don’t want to have any more children because of this situation, because of what happened to us. Every lawyer that I speak to gives me an excuse on why they can’t take the case. I feel like we deserve justice. If you could just share, maybe someone will be able to help us. My son’s head is healing. These are photos from when it first happened and a week or two after. I really didn’t want to come to social media, but I didn’t know where else to go. I’m just a mom trying to get justice for her baby. P.S. I know these pictures are gruesome. I cry almost every time when I look back and see these photos. We’re raising money for lawyer fees and medical bills. Anything will help.