Hi,

I am wondering if any of you were ever injected with this dexamethasone to (as doctor said) make baby's lung mature faster? How much were you charged?

My doctor at FPP prefer i c section soon as baby is underweight, so i was asked to take this injection.

When i compared, it seems like fpp consultation and ultrasound is more exp than the private gynae i went. So i am wondering about the injection charge.

This post has been edited by lowlowc: Dec 29 2018, 08:00 PM

this is quite common for baby that is underage(not enough gestation time or weeks).
usually will give a shot of dexa some time before the operation.

but in case of emergency the dexa will give as early as possible then immediately operation.

doctor recommend you to do c-section not due to underweight.....more likely IUGR. you can read about it. IUGR is more than just underweight.

Yes baby is iugr. Just that it seems like dr prefer to use term baby is small. The private gynae used the term only once iugr.
Went in for second shot but ended up warded for ctg monitoring. 24 hours now and i am detained because ctg isnt looking good.

oh dear, we will pray for your safe delivery.. do take care. baby is ok don't worry

dear all, what's CTG?

Cardiotocogram.
Basically a device to listen and record baby heart rate and mothers uterine contraction.

Hi I am back now. After 36 hours monitoring I had emergency c section because the ctg wasn't doing well. CTG is mainly to monitor baby's movement and heart rate. According to doctor a good ctg is baby having a stable heart rate with spike of heart rate in between. The graph supposed to have peaks ever few seconds, but my baby's graph is a steady line, not much peaks. Baby may be sleeping (but this positive view is diminished after 36 hours continuous CTG because it's not normal to be sleeping that long) or in serious trouble.

All I heard in the operation room was the doctors surprised at how small my placenta was, which is the cause for my baby's growth restriction. My baby could have die in my womb.

My baby is born at 1.7kg and his 5th day in NICU. A bit jaundice and need to have weight gain before he can be discharge. Also need to check if he has any other issue. My heart breaks at seeing them taking blood from his tiny hand for testing.

My hospital bill is about 4K plus.

FYI, if you're taking FPP, mummy's bill is the only one charged private rate. Medication wise, most of them are govt rate. Baby will be charged per govt rate. Thank goodness. I cannot imagine if I have delivered at private hospital.

So ladies, any time your instinct tells you baby isn't moving much, go to labour room and check. My baby passed the 10 kicks in 12 hours every day so I never thought much when he moves very little after dinner that night.

This post has been edited by lowlowc: Jan 4 2019, 10:12 AM

Wish you and your baby speedy recovery...

All the best to you and your baby!

poor little baby.... will pray for him to be strong and healthy.

my gynae said asian babies are mostly jaundice

pls take care

Main issue is weight I think.
Will be in hospital for a few weeks for weight gain

Thanks all for your best wishes. Hopefully he will gain enough weight to be released soon.