Conversation with three mothers-to-be, sharing their experiences from "yangxiao" to "yangkang"

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“At 33 weeks pregnant, I was devastated at first to see two bars on the antigen test paper and immediately cried ……,” said Li Tong (a pseudonym), an expectant mother more than eight months pregnant, recalling the initial diagnosis of the new crown infection.

Li Tong’s family lives in Wuhan, Hubei province, and she was diagnosed in early December 2022 with a maximum fever of 38 degrees, muscle aches all over her body, pains so bad that she couldn’t sleep well and couldn’t even go to the toilet properly. But more than that, Li Tong was most worried about how it would affect the baby in her belly.

Li Tong is not the only pregnant mother who is anxious because of the new crown infection. Since the beginning of December 2022, the epidemic control has been released across the country one after another, and there is a lot of concern about how to use the medication after the infection of this special group of pregnant mothers and whether it will affect the fetus. On social media, many pregnant women who have been infected or are infected with the new crown have told their experiences.

In addition to individual discussions and sharing, popular science knowledge about neo-crown infection in pregnant women is not uncommon on the Internet. on December 31, 2022, the National Health Care Commission had released information that neo-crown infection in pregnant women is almost never transmitted to the fetus; if a pregnant woman has symptoms such as fever and dry cough she should be treated symptomatically, have good health monitoring, not be anxious, and seek medical attention in a timely manner.

Thanks to official science, media campaigns and doctors’ advice, many infected mothers began to feel at ease and actively fight the virus, gradually turning negative and staying away from anxiety. The Positive News reporter interviewed three pregnant mothers who had been overwhelmed with anxiety due to their new coronavirus infection, and they shared their experiences with the infection and its conversion.

“Late pregnancy yang, muscle aches, can’t go to the toilet”

On December 7, 2022, Li Tong and her husband went to Wuhan’s Jianghan Road for a skewered hot pot, after she had not left home for nearly a month. That night Li Tong had some insomnia, she did not pay much attention to it, “I thought it was a normal phenomenon during pregnancy”. The next morning, Li Tong felt uncomfortable, thermometer showed 37.3 degrees, “the whole body muscle aches, back pain is unbearable, can not walk.” She immediately decided to go to the hospital to see.

In the hospital’s obstetrics department, Li Tong first did the antigen, reagent drops on the test card did not take long, two obvious red bar showed up. “The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to its customers. The husband consoled a devastated Li Tong while consulting the doctor.

“The doctor advised me to be hospitalized and told me to stay for 7 days to be discharged, and the cost of the ward was 800 yuan a day for a single room. The treatment requires blood tests and then an anti-inflammatory drip.” The doctor told Li Tong and her husband this. The situation at the hospital was complicated, and the husband decided to take her home first for fear that Li Tong would be infected again by other infected patients and become more serious.

Dec. 8 Li Tong tested positive for antigen

On the night of December 8, after returning home from the hospital, Li Tong still had a persistent fever, her temperature reached 38 degrees, she could occasionally feel the baby’s fetal movements and woke up every hour when she slept. With the company and comfort of her husband, she stopped crying and being scared, “My husband kept comforting me and told me not to be too nervous. I woke up in the middle and drank water furiously.”

On Dec. 9, the 2nd day after Li Tong was diagnosed with the new crown infection, her temperature dropped to 37.5 degrees and she could barely feel the fetal movement. “The night before was drinking water non-stop, during the day drank at least 2 liters of water, and ate thin rice, my husband gave me snow pear soup to drink, sleepy.” As still feverish, Li Tong sleeps when her husband puts a washcloth wet on her forehead and wipes her body to physically cool her down. “After a day of hard work, the body temperature was 36.5 degrees on the night of the 9th. The body aches and pains were much better, and the pain in her calves was relieved.”

On December 10, the third day of the diagnosis, Li Tong’s temperature was maintained at about 36 degrees, no fever again, and the muscle aches and pains all over the body had disappeared. On the third day there was no more pain, and the headache and eye pain disappeared.” After the pain disappeared, Li Tong began to have severe nasal congestion and was affected when sleeping, with occasional coughing symptoms and some slightly yellow phlegm. The physical state recovered a lot, but the fetal movement began to be abnormally frequent, “then a little worried, rushed to place an order to buy a fetal heart monitor at home to measure themselves.”

The first day of the diagnosis was December 14, when the antigen reagent Li Tong purchased online finally arrived and her nucleic acid test results turned negative. Since her diagnosis, Li Tong has not taken any medication, and she has shared her experience of drinking water and physically cooling herself down in the internet to gradually get better. Li Tong was the first person in her family to be infected, and after she was diagnosed, her husband, parents and brother, who live with her, were infected one after another, and Li Tong felt both guilty and touched inside, “I am really grateful to my husband and family for taking care of me, so I got a lot of comfort psychologically and physically, they didn’t worry about being infected, they only worried about when I would turn negative and not affect the fetus. “

“10 months pregnant, 5 days after the infection turned negative”

With only ten days left before her due date, Anrui (a pseudonym) suddenly started coughing and nasal congestion, and the antigen test results showed that she was infected with the new coronavirus. “I was worried when I first got infected, I was late in my pregnancy, and my due date was approaching, so I was scared.” Anrui told Positive View News that she developed symptoms of the infection on December 18, “I hadn’t been out of the house for a long time before the infection, and I didn’t know how I got it.” Anrui did not have much time to trace the source of the virus, after the infection she and her husband immediately contacted and consulted many obstetricians and gynecologists.

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“The doctor told me that I can take medicine in late pregnancy, but I just need to be careful with the medicine, and I can take acetaminophen tablets. A fever of more than 38.5 degrees must not be carried hard, the baby will be uncomfortable, and the pregnant mother is also uncomfortable.” After consulting with several obstetricians and gynecologists, Anri gradually relaxed. On the second and third days after the infection was diagnosed, her temperature exceeded 38.5 degrees, “I was really afraid of the effect on the baby, so I took acetaminophen tablets half and half, with several hours in between. You can’t eat more, afraid of the impact on the liver.” Two days of high fever, Anrui ate a total of one and a half acetaminophen tablets, “ate the medicine on the sweat to cool down, the body does not hurt a lot more comfortable.”

On December 20, after two consecutive days of fever, Anrui’s temperature dropped to 36.6 degrees and she did not have another fever. She has been trying to drink water since the infection, and when she couldn’t drink anymore, she drank lemon and honey water and orange juice to replenish water and vitamin C. Anrui recalls, “At first I was in a bad mood, and with the discomfort of the fever, I was anxious and nervous inside. I was afraid that the baby was infected and that something would go wrong if the baby was born soon. In fact, it was always with anxiety that I would test the antigen every day, even sometimes trying to test it twice a day.”

On December 23, the fifth day after the infection was confirmed, Anri’s antigen results turned negative. “When I saw that the antigen test paper was negative, I was a little suspicious that I was wrong. Although all my symptoms had subsided after my fever went down, and I only had a cough and nasal congestion, I was still completely relieved to see the antigen turn negative.” After experiencing this infection, Anrui’s mentality has also changed a lot. After turning negative, she posted her experience on the internet and reassured infected pregnant mothers not to be anxious, “Don’t be afraid, don’t be anxious, be in a good mood to get well fast! High fever must not carry, timely medical treatment and medication, the baby will also be very strong and cooperative, to rest more and drink more water!”

“Early pregnancy Yang, but the baby is still strong!”

“I started coughing and nasal congestion, stomach pain and nausea, I don’t know if it’s the aftermath of yang over or normal reaction during pregnancy, but every day is spent in discomfort.” On January 2, 2023, Zhang Jing (a pseudonym) had been infected with the new crown after turning negative for a week. Her body had just improved, and she rushed to the hospital for a checkup, worried that the fetus in her womb was affected.

“Redness was seen on the 3rd day after Yang, without abdominal pain. At that time, because just turned negative afraid to go to the hospital, January 2 and see red, thinking about the experience of the last pregnancy fetal stoppage, plus this pregnancy and infection fever, or very worried.” The baby’s departure in July 2021, when she had a spontaneous miscarriage at 11 weeks of pregnancy, had left her in a state of depression. Fortunately, on November 20, 2021, Zhang Jing once again saw the two bright red bars on the pregnancy test, “‘little bunny’ is back, ‘little bunny’ to cheer up oh! ” She had shared her joy on the internet.

On the night of December 21, Zhang Jing had obvious symptoms of dry throat and nasal congestion, “at that time have been prepared for the possibility of fever, husband an office colleagues are infected, he was the last fever, I think hiding can not be avoided, just hope that as late as possible.” Early on the 22nd, Zhang Jing felt the symptoms worsen, “the next morning woke up obviously body pain, temperature 37.5 degrees, back, waist, front chest soreness.” Isolated in another room, her husband rushed to test the antigen for her, “put less than a minute on two bars.”

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After the diagnosis of infection, Zhang Jing’s emotions are somewhat unstable, “very worried about my ‘bunny’, which is the best gift of the year, has been lost once, I am very afraid!” The husband’s comfort and company made Zhang Jing’s mood improve, but the symptoms were still worsening. 22 noon, her temperature continued to rise, reaching 38.5 degrees, “the back like pins and needles pain, the front chest like being punched.” The temperature reached 38.5 degrees, Zhang Jing ate a tablet of acetaminophen, an hour after the temperature dropped to normal, “or repeatedly burned twice in the afternoon, chills, fear of high body temperature armpits and thighs are sandwiched between the ice pack, the body hot and cold.”

The high fever plagued Zhang Jing lying in bed in a daze, the mind is the baby’s innocent and lovely smiling face. “I made an exchange with the baby in my stomach, probably the content is, the whole family is sick we insisted to the end, we both insist a little more, to defeat this little devil, I try to protect you as much as possible, but you also have to be strong do not give up.” The day after she was diagnosed with the infection, her temperature returned to normal, “the body temperature remained at 36.7 degrees, and there was no significant pain in the stomach.” Feeling that perhaps the communication with the fetus in the womb has worked, Zhang Jing once again and the baby said something, “‘little rabbit’ let’s hold on a little longer, today is the second day, at most there is a day we won the war, since back please grab my hand we cheer together! “

After December 23, Zhang Jing did not have a fever again, although there will be coughing and nasal congestion and other symptoms, but the body is gradually improving. December 26, her antigen test turned negative.

A week after the negative test, on January 2, 2023, Zhang Jing went to the hospital for an ultrasound, and fortunately, everything was normal. Zhang Jing breathed a long sigh of relief, “to believe in the baby, he is really great. As long as the baby does not give up we must believe that they are very good!”

Health Care Commission: pregnant women should be treated symptomatically after infection, do not be anxious

Can infection with the new coronavirus affect reproductive health? Can a pregnant woman infected with it transmit the virus to her fetus? What should I do if a pregnant woman develops symptoms such as fever and dry cough?

As the number of pregnant women infected with Neocon has increased, so has the related discussion on the Internet, and the National Health and Wellness Commission has answered and popularized the questions hotly debated by netizens.

Does infection with New Coronavirus affect reproductive health?

According to CCTV and the official website of the National Health and Wellness Commission, there is no evidence that infection with the new coronavirus has an effect on the reproductive system. The regulation of menstruation is influenced by the cerebral cortex, hypothalamus and pituitary gland, and ovarian function, which is a tightly regulated reproductive endocrine axis. Numerous external influences such as stress and ill health may have an impact on menstruation. Therefore, the presence of abnormal menstruation in an infected person does not indicate a direct action of the new coronavirus on the reproductive system.

Can a pregnant woman who is infected transmit the virus to her fetus?

According to the Health Care Commission, current research shows that a pregnant woman infected with the new coronavirus is almost never transmitted to her fetus.

If it is postpartum, the mother still needs to be protected when she comes in contact with her newborn after infection. The mother can continue breastfeeding on the basis of wearing an N95 mask and good personal protection.

What should I do if the mother has fever, dry cough and other symptoms?

Nucleic acid testing or antigen testing can be done to determine if the mother is infected with the new coronavirus. Antigen testing is relatively easy and is a more appropriate option during home time.

Symptomatic treatment. For fever, physical cooling and drinking plenty of fluids can be used. Symptomatic treatment can be done with herbs that are available for pregnant women. If you use western medicine to reduce fever, you can take acetaminophen if it exceeds 38.5℃. Note that one kind of antipyretic drug is sufficient, do not take multiple antipyretic drugs at the same time, so as not to cause liver and kidney damage. Symptoms such as fever and sore throat usually resolve after 3 to 4 days, and the body temperature gradually returns to normal.

Health monitoring. Strengthen self-health monitoring and pay attention to the three monitoring of body temperature, heart rate and blood pressure, which can be recorded and provided to the health care provider during the visit. During late pregnancy, you also need to pay attention to fetal movement, monitor for one hour every day and have more than three fetal movements per hour.

Balanced diet. Increase vegetables, fruits and other foods rich in vitamin C.

Don’t be anxious. Adequate rest and sleep are important for early recovery.

Seek medical attention promptly. If your body temperature continues to be higher than 38.5℃ for more than 3 days after medication; or if you feel severe discomfort such as headache, dizziness, panic, wheezing; or if you experience abdominal pain, vaginal bleeding, vaginal fluid, abnormal fetal movement, etc., contact the midwifery institution and follow the medical advice to seek medical attention promptly.