For most women with preterm COVID-19 and nonsevere illness who have no medical/obstetric indications for prompt delivery, delivery is not indicated and ideally will occur sometime after a negative testing result is obtained or isolation status is lifted, thereby minimizing the risk of postnatal transmission to the neonate

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-  Nonsevere illness
-  severe/critcal illness

Timing of delivery in infected women

Berghella, V. (2020, July 24). Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Pregnancy issues. Retrieved July 29, 2020, from https://www.uptodate.com/contents/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-pregnancy-issues

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): Pregnancy issues

Nonsevere illness

Whether the mother's respiratory disease will be improved by delivery and the risk of postnatal transmission in the delivery room when maternal symptoms are acute are both unclear.  On the other hand, increased oxygen consumption and reduced functional residual capacity, which are normal in pregnancy, may facilitate maternal deterioration in patients with pneumonia.The rationale is that delivery is performed before the pulmonary situation worsens and ongoing maternal hypoxemia places the fetus at risk of compromise. Most authorities do not advocate delivery prior to 32 weeks, even though the maternal situation may worsen in the second week, given the known morbidity and mortality of very preterm infants.

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