Monday, November 8, 2010

Invastigating Steroid use in pregnant women

A recent study on pregnant women with the risk of giving birth prematurely. Researchers have injected steroids into the fetuses in hopes to stimulate maturity of the lungs and to prevent resipiratory distress syndrome. This treatment is supposedly to help prevent premature birth. But it is not yet clear what long term effects this treatment may have on the children who had undergone this treatment. The study showed slight increase in kids with cerebral palsy.

I think the study had gone overboard. I would never let my wife (if i were to have one) go through such treatment. Even though my child would die after a week of birth i would treasure the moments with it. If it is God's will for the baby to survive then it will survive. God can make anything happen without any human intervention. I would leave the life of the child in God's hands.

Source: http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pediatrics/GrowthDisorders/22780

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