It is known that the first concern for prospective mothers and new mothers is their child. And especially on days like these, in full emergency Coronaviruswomen who are pregnant or who have just given birth wonder how best to protect the life they have in their womb or who have just given birth.

There pregnancy and the subsequent period of feeding time they are moments full of emotions and therefore very delicate. Moms need answers to their doubts and questions that inevitably arise when faced with a new condition, but it is easy to run into fake news which cause alarmism or which, on the contrary, underestimate a situation. To clarify and come to the aid of mothers, theHigher Institute of Health and the Ministry of Health they provided some "Pills" of behavior for pregnant and breastfeeding women. Let's see.

Coronavirus and pregnancy

It has been clarified that there is currently no information on the susceptibility of pregnant women to Coronavirus and on the vertical transmission, that is, from mother to fetus, of the virus, although – it must be said – that from the first described cases the virus was not detected in the amniotic fluid or in the neonatal blood taken from the umbilical cord and no newborn born to a mother affected by SARS-CoV-2 was found to be positive to the virus.

The recommendations that help prevent the virus in pregnant women are the same that apply to everyone: wash your hands well and frequently and attention to avoid contact with sick or suspicious people. In the case of hospitalization, as in all cases, the isolation of mother and / or newborn is assessed if necessary, a choice that must be considered by the hospital team together with the mother, evaluating the risks and benefits of this choice.

Coronavirus and breastfeeding

As for breastfeeding, so far the virus Covid-19 has not been detected in breast milk collected after the first feeding of the affected women; in at least one case, however, antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 were detected. Given also the protective potential of breast milk, it is therefore believed that "in the event that the mother is making the diagnostic tests or is affected by Covid-19, her clinical conditions allow it and she wishes it, breastfeeding must be started and / or maintained, directly to the breast or with squeezed breast milk .

Even breastfeeding mothers are advised to wash their hands often and to use a mask when feeding. If the need arises to temporarily separate mother and child, the advice is to keep milk production stimulated, either manually or mechanically, to then be able to continue breastfeeding once reunited.

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