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Rh Sensitization During Pregnancy - Medications
Use of Rh immune globulin is 99.8% effective in preventing Rh sensitization.1 Rh immune globulin contains Rh antibodies that have been purified from human donors. This treatment prevents an unsensitized Rh-negative mother from making antibodies against her fetus's Rh-positive blood.
If an affected fetus younger than 34 weeks needs to be delivered, corticosteroid medicine (betamethasone or dexamethasone) may be given to the mother to speed fetal lung development before a premature birth.
Taking Your Baby's Temperature
There are many technical skills to learn with your new baby. But one of the most important is being able to take an accurate temperature, because a fever is one of the key indicators of a potentially serious infection in the first months of your baby's life.
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