On March 14, Hoan My Cuu Long Hospital (Can Tho City) said it had helped a rather rare case: a baby girl was born with an IUD in her mother’s placenta.
The mother is N.T.C.T. (32 years old, living in Vinh Long province), hospitalized for delivery at Hoan My Cuu Long Hospital, 38 weeks pregnant and having signs of labor.
Through follow-up antenatal care, the doctors moved the woman to the delivery room and after about 45 minutes of labor, she usually had a baby girl weighing 3.5 kg.
The baby girl was born safe and healthy. However, the surprise was that the doctors and nurses of the delivery team discovered that in the placentas of mothers whose cars revolved around contraception.
E took out the IUD and put it in the hand of the little girl who was close to her mother’s skin to take a photo as a souvenir. After giving birth, the mother and baby’s health is stable, so they have been discharged from the hospital.
Doctor Dao Bich Chien – Gynecology Department, Hoan My Cuu Long Hospital – said that according to statistics, the fact that women put an IUD but have children still happens, but it is quite strange, only appearing with a rate of about 2%. In the world.
These pregnancies, not all of which lead to the entire pregnancy, in some cases can result in abortion or preterm delivery.
Particularly in the case of secondary production T., according to information from the family, the by-product of IUD insertion at a medical facility after giving birth to the first child must calculate the time to have the next child.
However, she did not expect to be pregnant even though the ring was still placed, the family was also nervous but decided to keep the baby.
About 9 months ago, she found that her period was delayed, so she went to the doctor, ultrasound discovered that the IUD was still in the right position but the pregnancy was still implanted.
Ms. T and her family decided to keep the pregnancy and register for pregnancy monitoring at a medical facility until the due date. Fortunately, even though it was not in the plan, the baby was born healthy, the mother was round and the baby was square.
Any method of contraception has a probability of risk, so it is recommended that women after IUD insertion, have a follow-up examination after 1 month to confirm the correct position of the IUD and check it periodically every 6 months. month .
In case the ring is over the limit or the ring is out of place, there will be dangers, complications or pelvic infection, according to Dr. Bich Chien.
