On October 25, the rock band “Mrs. GREEN APPLE” launched its dome tour in Nagoya to celebrate its 10th anniversary. It was a large-scale live concert named “BABEL no TOH (Tower of Babel),” but it was reported that the opening and show times were significantly delayed. What on earth happened? There were female members of “Mrs. GREEN APPLE,” which is no longer a separate group. Perhaps due to this, the opening time of the Bantelin Dome was pushed back by one hour and the start of the show by 30 minutes. There was also a post saying that both mother and child had to be taken to the emergency room, creating controversy. While there were many critical voices, such as “Going to a live concert in the last month of pregnancy is indeed dangerous,” and “It might cause trouble to the people around her, and isn’t it risky? On the other hand, there were also opinions that showed a certain level of understanding to the women’s side, such as, “You can’t control the birth,” “First of all, I pray for the safety of the mother and child,” and “We should respect the woman’s desire to enjoy the music. Even so, it is not difficult to imagine that giving birth in the bathroom inside the dome, unlike in a well-equipped hospital, entails great risk. We asked obstetrician and gynecologist Sung Mi-hyun, director of the Marunouchi no Mori Ladies Clinic, about the dangers of pregnant women going to live concerts,
It is dangerous for both the newborn and the mother.
She said, “It is not recommended for pregnant women of childbearing age to go to live concerts, because if they go to a venue that is crowded and difficult to move around in, they will not be able to react quickly in case of an emergency. Of course, this does not mean that you should not move at all during pregnancy. But going to a crowded place like a live concert in the last month of pregnancy is different. The biggest problem is that when labor pains or when the water breaks, you can’t get to the hospital right away. The longer the treatment is delayed, the greater the risk. Therefore, it is safer not to go to places where you cannot get to the hospital immediately from home, such as venues that are far away or inaccessible,” says Song. Ultimately, the decision to go to a live concert is up to the individual, but doctors cannot recommend it if the woman is in the last month of pregnancy. In the end, it is up to the patient to decide whether or not to go to the concert, but if the patient is in the last month of pregnancy, the doctor cannot recommend it.