Authority on pregnancy confers a brief look at an ailment causing a prolonged and painful child delivery.

Learn how to access or start a support group, visit message boards, and read a guide to medical terms oft heard when dealing with this disease.

Discusses one case in which parents sued the doctor who delivered their baby, who was left with some permanent damage as a result of dystocia.

Extensive look at this condition, which disrupts proper childbirth. Find facts, learn of common injuries and legal issues, and read articles.

Read a mother's account of giving birth to a child having shoulder dystocia.