VIRTUE BABY
Tackling stress during COVID19 The
universe
offers
more
than
everything to us, your baby inside your womb is a powerful and a very special gift from the universe. If you are going to deliver a baby in the coming month, the chance of you experiencing more anxiety is completely natural. You are in transitional energy to become a mother. Spiritually
and
psychologically,
an
expectant mother should always turn the negative into positive. Avoiding negative will never help your baby, in fact facing the negative situation and tackling it will make your baby even stronger. As a well-informed mother, you must check facts of the current situation and your surroundings.
Healthcare
providers
are suggesting especially for pregnant women to take extra precautions and not to take any chances for exposing to any kind of disease. There is very limited data on the effects of COVID-19 on pregnant women. The data available so far is limited,
vertical. An analysis of the 33 newborns
has been the nearest relative of the new
but pregnant women do not seem to be
that had been born at Wuhan Children's
coronavirus to pregnant women. The
more likely to have severe coronavirus
Hospital where only three were exhibiting
children who were born a century ago
symptoms than anyone else. According
symptoms of the virus.�
during the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918
to a study released by the World Health Organisation, only 8 percent of women had serious diseases and 1 per cent had vital conditions. Dr. WeiZhang, the Northwestern University epidemiologist,
Pregnant
females
exposed
to
infection during the influenza pandemics of 1918 and 1957 were very less in number. For example in the past, only 12
and one of the authors of the Lancet
pregnant women who developed SARS
reports said, "Fortunately there is no
during the 2003 epidemic, 9 out of 12
proof that mother-child transmission is
have survived the coronavirus. SARS
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THE TIMES OF AFRICA
is also an example. Historically, global responses to outbreaks and epidemics have not properly represented pregnant women's cases. Therefore, we must not assume things but focus on what is in our hands.
www.thetimesofafrica.com
