# Set up a birth injury case with the mother's and baby's records

> How to create a birth injury file in Medrecords AI as 1 Medical Malpractice case that holds both the mother's and the baby's records.

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## Set up a birth injury case with the mother's and baby's records

To set up a birth injury file in Medrecords AI, create 1 case and pick Medical Malpractice as the case type. Upload the mother's records and the baby's records into that same case. Name each file so you can tell whose it is. Then check the key dates and focus when the app asks you to confirm.

Last checked 2026-10-24 — ·Written by Ahmed Jemaa

**Help center contents26 articles**
Start here

- [Choose the right case type](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/choose-case-type/)
- [Which files can you upload?](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/file-types-limits/)
- [Confirm the case details, key date and focus](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/confirm-case/)
- [Fix a failed upload or a stuck case](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/troubleshooting/)

Work with the records

- [Read the medical chronology](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/chronology/)
- [Check any fact against its source page](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/verify-source/)
- [Search your records with exact text or keywords](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/search/)
- [Filter and group the documents index](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/documents-index/)
- [Add flags, highlights and notes to records](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/annotations/)
- [How duplicate pages are found and removed](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/deduplication/)
- [Work through the missing records list](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/missing-records/)
- [Add records to an existing case](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/add-records-later/)

Write and share

- [Edit the chronological narrative](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/narrative/)
- [Create a report in Report Studio](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/report-studio/)
- [Set up report templates](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/templates/)
- [Export your work](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/export/)

Account and trust

- [Set your role](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/roles/)
- [Is Medrecords AI HIPAA compliant, and who can see my cases?](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/security-hipaa/)
- [How accurate is Medrecords AI, and what are its limits?](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/accuracy-limits/)
- [Glossary of terms](https://medrecords.ai/help/glossary/)

Case type playbooks

- [Work a birth injury case](https://medrecords.ai/help/case-types/birth-injury/)
- [Work a nursing home neglect case](https://medrecords.ai/help/case-types/nursing-home/)
- [Work a VA disability case](https://medrecords.ai/help/case-types/va-disability/)
- [Work a mass tort case](https://medrecords.ai/help/case-types/mass-tort/)
- [Work a medical malpractice case](https://medrecords.ai/help/case-types/medical-malpractice/)
- [Work a personal injury or car crash case](https://medrecords.ai/help/case-types/personal-injury/)

[See every topic on the help center home](https://medrecords.ai/help/)

### Why 1 case for 2 patients

The story of a birth injury runs across 2 charts. The mother's chart shows labor, drugs and the delivery. The baby's chart shows the newborn's condition and the NICU stay. You need both on 1 timeline to see what happened hour by hour.

There is no birth injury case type. There is also no field that marks a record as the mother's or the baby's. Your file names and flags do that job, as shown below.

### Create the case

1. Start a new case.
2. Pick **Medical Malpractice** as the case type. See [choose the right case type](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/choose-case-type/).
3. Add the mother's files and the baby's files together. ZIP files are fine. They are opened in your browser first.
4. Leave **Remove duplicate pages** on. Hospital productions often repeat pages.
5. Check the page count and the cost, then upload.

### Name files so you can tell them apart

The file name shows as the source file on the timeline. So put the patient first in each name. For example:

- "Mother - Hospital - Labor and delivery.pdf"
- "Mother - Prenatal clinic - 2024.pdf"
- "Baby - Hospital - NICU.pdf"
- "Baby - Pediatrician - 2024.pdf"

If you upload a ZIP, the folder names go into the file name. A folder called "Mother" with a file inside shows as "Mother - " and then the file name. So you can sort files into 2 folders before you zip them.

On the **Timeline** , use **Group by** source file to see the 2 charts apart.

### Make 2 flags

Flags help you filter later.

1. Open **Settings** , then **Stages and flags** .
2. Under **Record flags** , press **New flag** .
3. Make 1 flag called "Mother" and 1 called "Baby". Pick a **Colour** for each.
4. On the **Records** tab, press the flag button on each record row and pick the right flag.

See [add flags, highlights and notes](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/annotations/).

### Confirm the case details

After the first read, the case shows **Needs confirming** and the **Confirm case details** window opens. Medical Malpractice has no extra fields beyond **Forum state** . Take care with these parts:

| Part | What to do for a birth injury file |
| --- | --- |
| Focus | Remove items that are not part of the claim. Type your own in "+ add your own", such as "brain injury at birth" |
| Body parts | Remove or add, such as the brain |
| Date of death / incident | This is the key date on Medical Malpractice. Make the delivery date the main date with Make primary |
| More dates | Use Add date for other dates, such as the start of labor or the NICU transfer. Add a note to each |

Press **Confirm and continue** when you are done. After you confirm, you cannot edit the focus, key dates or body parts. See [confirm the case details](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/confirm-case/).

### Records that come later

Birth injury records often arrive in parts. Add later batches to the same case, not a new one. See [add records later](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/add-records-later/).

Next, read [which records to upload, and in what order](https://medrecords.ai/help/case-types/birth-injury/records/). Our [birth injury record review page](https://medrecords.ai/solutions/birth-injury-record-review/) has more background.

Medrecords AI organizes and cites the records. Its output is not a medical or legal opinion and does not replace your expert.

### Related help

- [Review a birth injury case in Medrecords AI](https://medrecords.ai/help/case-types/birth-injury/)
- [Which labor, delivery and NICU records to upload](https://medrecords.ai/help/case-types/birth-injury/records/)
- [Confirm the case details, key date and focus](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/confirm-case/)
- [Add records to an existing case](https://medrecords.ai/help/tasks/add-records-later/)

Facts checked against the Medrecords AI app code on 2026-10-24.

### Try it on a real file

Upload a case and see the page count and cost before you confirm.

[Book a demo](https://medrecords.ai/demo/)