Question

Discuss the current Coronavirus pandemic , the effects on pregnant women and how they can protect themselves from the virus. In addition, please answer the following questions listed below. You may use any reliable source. However, please make sure to visit the CDC website which has the most up to date, accurate information.

1. Can they pass the virus to the baby while they're pregnant?

2.Is breastfeeding safe if you have COVID-19?

3. What is the treatment of COVID-19 in pregnant women?

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Answers :

How Pregnant Women can protect themselves from the Coronavirus pandemic : -

Pregnant women or recently pregnant women who are older, overweight, and have pre-existing medical conditions such as hypertension and diabetes seem to have an increased risk of developing severe COVID-19. When pregnant women develop severe disease, they also seem to more often require care in intensive care units than non-pregnant women of reproductive age.

Pregnant women should take the same precautions to avoid COVID-19 infection as other people. Pregnant women can help themselves to protect by:

• Washing your hands frequently with an alcohol-based hand rub or soap and water.
• Keeping space between yourself and others and avoiding crowded spaces. Wear a non-medical, fabric mask where it is not possible to keep sufficient physical distance between yourself and others.Avoiding touching your eyes, nose and mouth.
• Practicing respiratory hygiene. This means covering your mouth and nose with your bent elbow or tissue when you cough or sneeze. Then dispose of the used tissue immediately.

If Pregnant women have fever, cough or difficulty breathing, seek medical care early. Call before going to a health facility, and follow the directions of your local health authority.

Pregnant women and women who have recently delivered should attend their routine care appointments, according to local policies and following adapted measures to reduce possible transmission of the virus.

1. Can Pregnant women pass the virus to the baby while they're pregnant?

• We still do not know if a pregnant woman with COVID-19 can pass the virus to her fetus or baby during pregnancy or delivery. To date, the active virus has not been found in samples of fluid around the baby in the womb or breastmilk.

2.Is breastfeeding safe if you have COVID-19?

• At present, data are not sufficient to conclude vertical transmission of COVID-19 through breastfeeding. In infants, the risk of COVID-19 infection is low, the infection is typically mild or asymptomatic, while the consequences of not breastfeeding and separation between mother and child can be significant.
• At this point it appears that COVID-19 in infants and children represents a much lower threat to survival and health than other infections that breastfeeding is protective against.

3.What is the treatment of COVID-19 in pregnant women?

• · If hospitalization for COVID-19 is indicated in a pregnant woman, care should be provided in a facility that can conduct maternal and fetal monitoring, when appropriate.
• · Management of COVID-19 in the pregnant patient should include:

> Fetal and uterine contraction monitoring, when appropriate, based on gestational age

> Individualized delivery planning

>  A multispecialty, team-based approach that may include consultation with obstetric, maternal-fetal medicine, infectious disease, pulmonary and critical care, and pediatric specialists, as appropriate.