Hospitals throughout the Netherlands are noticing an increase in the number of unvaccinated pregnant women who need intensive care because of a coronavirus infection. Gynecologists are very concerned about this and urge pregnant women to get vaccinated, Nieuwsuur reports. Christianne de Groot, gynecologist and a board member of the NVOG, told Nieuwsuur that she regularly deals with pregnant women who …
Covid-19 damaged the placenta in a number of pre-term births in the Netherlands during the first and second wave of coronavirus infections, researchers at Erasmus MC and LUMC found. Worryingly, pregnant women don't notice that their placenta is affected, and it is impossible to detect on the ultrasound, while it could put the unborn child at serious risk. "It is …
The number of premature births in the Netherlands decreased by between 15 and 23 percent since measures against the coronavirus started being implemented on March 9, according to a large study by Erasmus MC. Erasmus MC studied the data of 1.5 million babies born between October 2010 and July 2020, using anonymous data provided by public health institute RIVM from …
