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Hi I am 32 weeks pregnant with twins babies and their weight is 1950 and 1930 each. My doctor told me to take Dexamethasone injection at 34 weeks. 12 mg x3 for maturity of lungs. I want to know that is it safe to take this steroid injections? Does it has any side effect on babies? I have heard that this injection effect the brain of new born babies and cause mental and anxiety problems in babies after few years of their life. So pls answer my question becoz I am worried whether to take this injections or not? And at what week does a babies lung matures naturally so I can avoid this steroid injections?
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Your doctor has correctly advised you inj dexamethasone ,it's given for lung maturation and reduces the nursery stay of babies if born early. Inj dexamethasone has no side effects on baby and babies lung are mature by 37 weeks.
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