Most parents remember the hours around childbirth in pieces. Sounds overlap. Time stretches strangely. Someone says everything is fine, and someone else looks concerned but doesn’t explain why. When complications happen, they’re often framed as part of the process. Birth is unpredictable, parents are told. Sometimes that’s true. Sometimes it isn’t the whole story. For families whose children later show signs of lasting injury, those early hours take on new weight. Questions surface slowly. What happened during labor? Whether warning signs were missed. Why did no one talk plainly at the time?

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