My cousin got married at the end of 2019, just in time for the COVID-19 epidemic to begin.
After getting married, my cousin has been terrified. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic, the business of her cousin's husband's restaurant has been difficult. It is either closed or there is no one around. Raising a child is expensive, so after discussing it with her cousin's husband, my cousin decided to prepare for pregnancy first, take good care of her body, and then wait until she is more stable.
As time goes by, the new coronavirus mutates weaker and weaker, and there are many people around me who are preparing to become pregnant, so my cousin just goes with the flow.
Although I have been preparing for pregnancy for more than two years, my cousin has never been pregnant. After letting go, she felt that she had never been pregnant and had not taken any contraceptive measures.
Since the epidemic was relaxed, my cousin’s husband’s restaurant has also opened its doors, and only a few people eat there every day. My cousin's husband wants to close the restaurant and open a pharmacy, but my cousin disagrees, saying that the restaurant business will last forever, and if we open a pharmacy, who will still buy medicine when the epidemic is over? After
was released, many people around him became infected. My cousin's husband advised her not to go out and hide if she could. If she couldn't, there was nothing she could do.
Before we were released, my cousin also prepared a lot of medicines, including antipyretics, cold medicines, cough medicines, and antiviral medicines. They were all fully prepared. However, a month passed, and many people around me had erectile dysfunction, including my cousin's husband and cousin's parents-in-law, but my cousin didn't have any reaction.
My cousin wears a mask at home every day, cooks, does housework, and takes care of other people in the family. She also jokes that she is the chosen cook in the family.
Because her cousin didn’t have any symptoms, she thought she had been exposed to the virus and just had no symptoms. After all, everyone living together in the family has been infected. They live together, eat and drink together, and breathe the same air. How could they be spared?
My overly optimistic cousin fell down after her cousin's husband and her parents-in-law were both infected. Half a month after she recovered, she collapsed.
That afternoon, my cousin suddenly felt cold and uncomfortable. She wondered if she had been infected, so she quickly made herself a antigen , which showed that she was positive. Only then did my cousin realize that she had not had symptoms of the infection, but that she had not yet had an attack.
That night, my cousin's fever turned from low to high. She could almost feel the water in her body evaporating directly. The cousin's husband quickly put an anti-pyretic patch on her and gave her a bag of anti-fever medicine, but the cousin still felt extremely uncomfortable, with a high fever, pain all over her body, and her head and bones felt like they were about to split.
My cousin's husband may be in good health. He had a high fever for one night, but the fever subsided the next day, and he basically felt nothing at all on the third day. But my cousin was different. She had a high fever for three consecutive days. During this period, her cousin's husband took her to the hospital for an injection of antiviral medicine. After returning home, she continued to take antiviral medicine and cold medicine. It wasn't until the fourth day that my cousin got better.
A week later, apart from coughing a few times, my cousin felt some discomfort in her neck and often felt nauseous. My cousin-in-law said that these are the sequelae of COVID-19 infection.
Two days later, my cousin felt that she should take good care of her body. Since the sun will produce certain antibodies, maybe after the Chinese New Year, if she waits for a while, she can have children again.
In order to confirm how long it would take to have a child after passing the pregnancy, my cousin and her husband consulted a doctor. Doctors recommend that you wait 3 to 6 months after recovery before having a baby.
Not long after my cousin recovered, there were more and more people on the street, and my cousin felt a lot more relaxed. Because I always felt nauseous, my cousin took a test while taking folic acid. The result shocked her. The test result actually showed that she was pregnant!
The sequelae of COVID-19 infection are very strange. My cousin and husband-in-law thought it couldn’t be such a coincidence. They hadn’t gotten pregnant for more than two years, and now they are pregnant? Maybe the infection test was wrong. So the two of them went to the hospital hand in hand. After examination, they found that the cousin was indeed pregnant. The doctor said that it was almost two months old.
Thinking about the various medicines she took during the infection, including antipyretics, cold medicines, and anti- virus medicines, she didn't miss any of them. She still had a high fever for several days, and her cousin was particularly scared.
My cousin specifically asked the obstetrician and gynecologist. The doctor said that taking medicine in early pregnancy will either have all the effects or none. In other words, if the effects are large, the baby in the belly will not be able to sit still and will miscarry naturally. None means there is no impact at all. It depends on personal choice. If you are really worried, you can choose not to use it.
My cousin also asked some experienced mothers around her. Some people said that they took medicine for a cold during pregnancy, and the child was born healthy without any impact.
Some people say that it is not recommended to stay. If there is any impact, it will be troublesome later in the pregnancy. If there are any problems after birth, it will be a burden on the family, and the child himself will not be happy.
Nowadays, my cousin is particularly troubled, her husband is also very reluctant to let go of the child, and her parents-in-law have also been looking forward to having a grandson for a long time. My cousin's father-in-law and mother-in-law wanted to keep the child, and they believed in what the doctor said about survival of the fittest. My cousin’s mother-in-law’s family advised her to give up because she couldn’t afford the gamble.
My cousin and her husband are now in a dilemma. If the child is really healthy, giving up now will be a thorn in their hearts. If something goes wrong after birth, I will regret it and be afraid that I won’t be able to afford it.
So can I have this child?
I am the mother of Happy and Candy. Thank you for reading. You are welcome to leave a message to share your views!
