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Elective Pregnancy planned 36 W 3 days
My delivery is planned early at 36 weeks 3 days due to scar thinning (1.4 mm) from previous delivery. The baby is currently 2.4 kgs with adequate AFI and blood flow and doctor has given me two doses of Betamethasone injections too in 35 weeks.
What are the chances that baby would need NICU. Do all babies born at 36 weeks need support?
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36 wks is fine as the steroid prophylaxis is done very unlikely to have nicu addmission
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Babies born before 36 weeks are late preterm...so less likely to have complication
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Dr. Santosh S Basarakod
Gynecologist
13 yrs exp
Bangalore
Difficult to predict mam. But from ur history baby should do well and may not require NICU at all
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Dr. Neha Vashisth
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12 yrs exp
Jaipur
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Dr. Vijaya Gupta
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22 yrs exp
Chandigarh
Any baby born before 36 weeks is Preterm
In your case since you are more than 36 weeks and you already have the steroid injection
The chances of the baby requiring an n i c u stay because of inadequate lung maturity are unlikely
But since the birth weight is low
It looks like an intrauterine growth restricted baby
Any baby born less than 2.5 kg is a low birth weight baby
Also ultrasound is not an exact predictor of the fetal weight
Baby may require icu stay because of low birth weight or iugr
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Dr. Prateeksha B S
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Bangalore
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Dr. Pratibha P S
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10 yrs exp
Bangalore
if you dont have scar tenderness you can wait
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