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More than 4,600 babies have been born since the beginning of the year in Sofia’s two municipal obstetric hospitals: Hagia Sophia and Sheynovo.
“We will certainly end this year with almost 200 more babies than last year. Our strong months were October and November. December is at last year’s level. 25 babies were born for the holidays that have passed. Say if they will There is a baby boom, the next few months are very important. They will show if the Kovid crisis has affected the birth rate. Women who became pregnant in March are starting to give birth, “explained the director of Sheynovo Hospital, Dr. Rumen Velev.
According to him, at first there was a slight decline and amazement in March and April. Then there was an increase in new pregnancies.
“We hope to have more babies, because this initial astonishment faded quite quickly. In Bulgaria, after the crises, the birth rate has always been higher. This will be the case again.” said Dr. Velev to Bulgaria ON AIR.
In “Sheynovo” they have created a special Kovid sector, in which the birth of patients with positive tests or complaints took place. There have been 12 such patients since October. 7 of them gave birth by caesarean section. In general, the percentage of caesarean sections has fallen, it became clear from the words of the director of “Sheynovo”.
“The Kovid pandemic will increase the percentage of caesarean sections simply because it is easier. The process of following the birth in patients with a positive Kovid test is sometimes quite difficult, whereas a caesarean section is quite short.” r Velev.
“If the mother becomes infected, this virus cannot cross the placenta and the baby cannot become infected. Many women are concerned about breastfeeding because it may infect their child. We have yet to collect data and be able to give useful advice to our patients.” We advise pregnant women to get more vitamin D, zinc, and B vitamins, “said Dr. Velev.
He noted that there are no recommendations for vaccinating pregnant and lactating women, as no vaccine studies have been conducted among these patient groups. Breastfeeding is a very useful process and if the mother has had the disease, breastfeeding can transmit passive immunity to the baby, said the specialist.
“I will be vaccinated, of course. Soon we will have more vaccines and then the question will be which vaccine will we be vaccinated with. Vaccination will solve many of the problems and increase herd immunity,” Dr. Velev said.
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