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A physician or obstetrician's negligence can happen during childbirth or long before.  Negligent \textbf{Negligent  prenatal care. care.}  If negligent medical treatment is provided during the pregnancy, it could harm the fetus or the mother (or both). Some examples of negligent prenatal care include the physician or obstetricians: • failure to diagnose a medical condition of the mother, such as preeclampsia, Rh incompatibility, hypoglycemia, anemia, or gestational diabetes  • failure to identify birth defects  • failure to identify ectopic pregnancies, or  • failure to diagnose a disease that could be contagious to the mother's fetus (such as genital herpes or neonatal lupus).  Negligence \textbf{Negligence  during childbirth. childbirth.}  A doctor's negligence during childbirth could cause injury to the baby and harm to the mother. Common medical errors during childbirth include the physician or obstetricians: • failure to anticipate birth complications due to the baby's large size or because the umbilical cord got tangled  • failure to respond to signs of fetal distress  • failure to order a cesarean section when one was appropriate, or