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Betnesol injection necessary?
I am 34 week pregnant. Doctor said everything going fine. HB 11.6, water level 12 , No sugar , BP , thyroid and Baby weight 2kg , ecg and echo are looking fine too. But I don't know why she prescribed to take betnesol Injection? She said , take that injection it will give lungs development if u deliver early. Is that injection compulsory to take ?
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Its given for maturity of babys lung
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Dr. Vijaya Gupta
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Yes this is given to improve lung maturity if preterm delivery is eminent
It's safe
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