The world's first pregnant woman infected with H7N9 bird flu gave birth to a healthy girl on Wednesday afternoon in a hospital in Zhenjiang City, east China's Jiangsu Province.
The 25 year old surnamed Qiu was five months pregnant when she was diagnosed with H7N9 on April 8. She was admitted to the intensive care unit in Zhenjiang No. 1 People's Hospital.
She came around on April 21 and recovered in May.
Qiu received a Cesarean section on Wednesday afternoon and gave birth to a baby girl weighing 3.3 kg, according to doctors with hospital.
Gu Shaoqing, head of the pediatric department, said Qiu's expected date of childbirth had been set for July 26. However, doctors monitored an acceleration in the fetal heart beat, and decided to carry out the operation on Wednesday.
They said Qiu's cardiopulmonary function still needs time for recovery. The hospital will continue to monitor the health of the mother and baby.
A total of 132 H7N9 avian flu cases have been reported on the Chinese mainland, including 43 that have ended in death, since the virus was first discovered in March, according to updates released by the National Health and Family Planning Commission on July 10.
The spread of the disease has been brought under control, as there was only one new case reported in east China's Jiangsu Province last month and the patient has recovered, according to the commission's updates.
相关新闻：记者从江苏省镇江市第一人民医院了解到，17日下午，医院收治的全国首例H7N9禽流感孕妇邱某，通过剖宫产生下一女婴。
据了解，邱某今年25岁，4月8日被确诊感染H7N9禽流感后，一直在镇江市第一人民医院治疗。由于小邱当时已怀孕5个多月，身份特殊，国家医疗组及卫计委专家组迅速赶到镇江，对她展开全力救治。
经过紧急治疗，4月21日，邱某清醒;4月24日，邱某脱离危险，从ICU负压隔离病房转至ICU监护病房;5月14日，邱某转入普通病房。
转入普通病房待产后，医院组织了多次专家会诊，“预产期是7月26日，能否顺利生产，该采用何种方式生产，我们进行了多次讨论。”镇江市第一人民医院儿科主任顾绍庆说，7月16日晚，专家组讨论后认为，虽然邱某恢复得很好，但心肺功能与普通人比还有差距，决定为她择期剖宫产。没想到，当晚邱某腹中胎儿出现阵发性胎心加速，于是17日上午专家组紧急开会，决定当日下午进行手术。
手术用时半小时左右，期间医院组织了妇产科、麻醉科、重症医学科负责人全程陪同，确保手术顺利。据了解，婴儿目前没有任何异常。顾绍庆说，医院将对这名女婴进行密切观察，这两天还将对女婴做一系列检查，如果一切顺利，出院后可视为普通婴儿来喂养。不过由于没有先例可供参考，这名女婴出院后，过一段时间就要到医院做检查，医院在两年内会一直密切关注她。(新华网)
