As the infection of the new coronavirus spreads to pregnant women, pregnant women who continue to receive medical treatment at home in Chiba Prefecture receive online health observations and remotely monitor the heart rate of the fetal rented from the prefecture. I spend my time carefully, using equipment that can be monitored.
A 34-year-old woman living in Chiba prefecture is currently 30 weeks pregnant and is being treated at home after being confirmed infected with the new corona on the 2nd of this month.
Women have fever and coughing, and their family "Inage Bath Clinic" is connected online every day, and midwives listen to the female's physical condition and check the condition of the baby in the stomach using special equipment.
The equipment used is rented from the prefecture, and if you wear a special band on a woman's stomach, you can remotely monitor the heart rate of the fetal and the contraction of the uterus.
The woman was relieved when she measured the data for about 40 minutes with this device for about 7 days and told the midwife that there was no abnormality such as the possibility of premature birth.
This device was introduced by the prefecture because a pregnant woman infected with the new corona was not found in August last year and her baby died, and it is rented out to pregnant women who have been confirmed to be infected through a medical institution.
The woman said, "I was very anxious because I didn't know the baby's condition when the fever went up. After that, I was a little relieved to hear the baby's heartbeat when the device arrived."
Clinic "Responding while identifying the patient to be examined"
The number of infected pregnant women whose health is being checked by the Inage Birth Clinic in Chiba City has risen to 13 in the last three weeks.
In some cases, the symptoms of corona were calm but the morning sickness was severe, so a doctor was wearing protective clothing in a building separate from the usual medical treatment, and the woman lost 8 kg and became dehydrated. Therefore, there were cases where intravenous drip was performed.
In addition, there were pregnant women who had preeclampsia that could be fatal to their mothers and foets during home medical treatment, so the clinic needs to pay attention to symptoms other than corona as it is difficult to provide direct medical care. is.
Shigeharu Doi, the director of the clinic, said, "We are also working hard at the core hospitals in the area, so we are responding while identifying the patients to be examined at the clinic. We want to survive firmly and protect patients and babies." rice field.