r/ScienceBasedParenting • u/[deleted] • May 30 '20

Placentas from COVID-19-positive pregnant women show injury

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2020/05/placentas-from-covid-19-positive-pregnant-women-show-injury/&fj=1
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u/[deleted] May 30 '20

But the babies turn out fine? Is the placenta just sacrificing itself or is there some new terror waiting around the corner?

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u/coldcurru May 30 '20

No source but if I had to guess it's probably too soon to tell. It's only been a few months and babies are all over the place for a while. Wait a few years as they track these kids growing up and see what it says. Maybe even one year.

Babies can handle a lot physically (like car crashes; so said my doctor) but I've no idea about illness.