 There are concerns about potential suppressive effects of ANC on the fetal hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis. Transient suppression of the pituitary-adrenal glands in preterm infants whose mothers have received 1-2 doses of antenatal glucocorticoid, reportedly recovers within 7 days of life 23,24,25,26,36. Infants delivered shortly after one course of ANC are normally responsive to stress after birth e.g. RDS and asphyxia.36 