An Extremely Low Birth Weight Female Baby surviving in a Hospital in Addis Ababa

Abstract

This case report is about an extremely low
birth weight baby who was born to 32yrs old
Para-III lady at gestational age of 27+1 week
by date. The delivery was at Girum general
Hospital. The mother had two previous
pregnancies ended with intrauterine fetal
death one at gestational age of 28 weeks and
the other at gestational age of 32 weeks due
to severe preeclampsia. This pregnancy was
planned, wanted and supported.
The mother was having Antenatal Care
(ANC) follow up for the current pregnancy
and she was told to have hypertension a
month back before the termination of the
pregnancy for which she was taking
medications. The ANC was at Myungsun
Christian Hospital. Since it was not possible
to control the hypertension, termination of
the pregnancy was planed and the mother
was given dexamethasone for 48 hrs before
the termination