Pregnancy is a happy thing, but before the child is born, the heart of the parents are hanging , not sure the next ten months of the fetus will be able to healthy development . Although the probability of this is very low, if it happens it may threaten the lives of both the mother and the fetus.
The good news is that medical care is improving, and even if there is an accident, it can be maximized.
In the past, there was an old saying that "seven months of life is not enough," meaning that a child born in seven months can live, but if it is born in eight months, it can not live.
Now, compared to the past, with the advanced technology of the incubator, even if the child is born much too early, there is still hope that the child can be saved.
Lily is more than 4 months pregnant and has an accident during her labor checkup, which requires surgery as soon as possible for Lily's personal safety. But the fetus in the abdomen is only nearly 5 months , is it just give up?
After repeated and doctor confirmed, finally decided to early delivery of the child, so that the child in the incubator continue to develop.
Six months have passed since then, and Lily's surgery was a success, and her recovery has been good. The baby has been in the incubator for six months and is developing healthily. Although it is not comparable to the growth in the mother's womb, it is a miracle that the 5-month-old child survived.
When he was discharged from the hospital, the cost of keeping the child in the incubator was a million dollars, and it's a good thing Lily's husband was better off, because in a normal family, the child might not have survived.
I believe we have all heard of the thermos box, which can be said to be a life-saving box for premature babies . Why can placing a prematurely born child in an incubator help with physical recovery? Why is the cost so high? Find out together.
The working principle of the incubator : In the hospital incubator is also called baby's warm box , through the name I believe we can know its function. The main purpose is to keep newborns warm, and make the incubator transparent for easy detection and observation .
Although the expression seems very simple, but in the actual function is very complex. For example, you need to keep the temperature constant, the humidity constant, to block noise, to block bacteria, and so on. Premature babies are put directly into the incubator after birth, and they don't leave the incubator until the body recovers and is healthy enough to leave.
So various tests, such as blue light therapy for jaundice, filming the child for tests, etc., are done in the incubator, including monitoring the child's heartbeat, breathing, and body temperature are all done in the incubator. It's the combination of these functions that makes the incubator.
It is precisely because of the many functions that the incubator costs more.
Because the role of the incubator is to save the child's life, which means that the longer the child lives in it, the more serious the problem is.
If the child doesn't have a major problem that needs to be treated, the cost is about a thousand dollars a day.
It will vary depending on the region, the size of the hospital, and how new the equipment is. The overall price is high, but it's nothing compared to the life of a child.
Broadly speaking, preterm babies are kept in incubators, and preterm babies are babies who are born before they reach the estimated due date.
But every child develops differently, and even those born prematurely at the same time will develop differently. The need for an incubator is further determined by the physical condition of the fetus.
For example, following the birth of a weak, sickly, developmental problems, congenital diseases, etc. is the need to live in the incubator . If the baby is normal but born early, he or she may not need to stay in the incubator.
Conclusion :
Pregnant mothers should not think too much pressure, the probability of the child's development is still relatively small, and now the level of medical progress, a lot of problems can be checked out in advance, early detection and early treatment.