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Medical Scare – Two

Medical Scare – Two

During the 30th week of pregnancy, we travelled to our native and many religious places, during the travel my wife developed cough and it got suppressed when we were back to our home. However, there were some instances where she used to still get cough.

  We visited our care provider during 32nd week of pregnancy, we did not inform that we are travelling to Kochi for natural birthing. One day she asked “Baby, where are you planning your birth?” We said, we will be travelling to our native for delivery. She asked, “Baby, any how it will be C-Section, since the first one was C-Section. You are going to be full term by coming weeks (36th week), you decide the date I will deliver your baby here itself.” We just said, let’s see but we may travel in next 20 days to our native may be it is impossible and my wife mentioned about irregular cough.

Our care provider was like, “Oh! Cough, this is very serious, we need to give immediately steroids baby, and you get this injection now and one more after 24 hrs.”

We were scared, by hearing the word “steroids,” we told we don’t want steroids since cough is irregular. She said “No baby, it is very serious and is very normal to give steroids, don’t worry”

We just nodded that we will get the steroids and came outside the consultation room, I told my wife and nurse that I will buy this steroids from pharmacy, you wait near lobby. Immediately I told in my mother tongue “I will bring my car from parking, you come to the front gate.”

We just ran from the hospital and informed Birth Village about the same, Priyanka called back instantly and explained the need of steroids and its pros and cons and educated us that, at the moment it may not be required.

Also, we visited our colleague’s friend who is a famous Doctor (OBG) and she also said, steroids are not required in your case, sometimes it is required for other mothers, but in your case everything is normal.

Cough completely suppressed by 36th week and we had a natural birth at 38th week.

From GOOGLE Doctor: Steroids make baby lungs to grow faster and help in preterm birth. Was she making sure my wife delivers at her center?

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