when it's the birth of your child you
want to feel like you're in control and
I'm just so not that's pretty scary the
Kogan 19 outbreak has obviously been
very terrifying especially for pregnant
women
I would advise for everyone to come up
with a plan come up with a plan with
their family and their loved ones come
up with a plan together with their Obi's
traditionally if you're pregnant in the
United States you visit with a doctor
for regular check-ups leading up to your
due date when it's time to give birth
you're hospitalized go into labor and
released a couple of days following your
child's birth
now kovat 19 is changing some of that
hospitals aren't restricting partners
from being a part of the birthing
process fears over the corona virus are
leading more pregnant women to consider
delivering their babies at home so the
couple purchased this medical supply kit
online preparing for a possible home
birth everything - super insert we
talked to pregnant women about how
they're feeling and how the corona virus
pandemic is making them rethink their
birth plans my name is Kylie wagers I am
22 years old I'm expecting my first
child I was already a high-risk
pregnancy it's very likely that I'll
have to be a c-section or that I will go
into preterm labor every day the news
just kind of seemed more bleak I went
from feeling so prepared and then as
soon as this hit well you know money has
to come from somewhere my partner got
laid off temporarily because of the
virus want to be proactive and you know
prepare for things but you don't know
what to prepare for pregnancy is already
a stressful and challenging time there
are major life changes body changes
emotional changes and pregnancy during a
pandemic brings all kinds of new
challenges and stressful situations -
this is dr. Lena when she's a physician
the former health commissioner of
Baltimore and a former president of
Planned Parenthood for her this is also
personal I am 38 weeks pregnant myself
at the moment pregnant people are still
medically vulnerable because of changes
to their immune system too
physiology and should take extra
precautions the way that other
categories of people who are medically
vulnerable should take precautions as
well we believe based on the limited
data we have that there is no maternal
fetal transmission because there isn't
cover 19 found in amniotic fluid it's
not found in breast milk
but these are preliminary studies and
there is a lot that we just don't know
about the impact of Cova 19 on pregnancy
being pregnant is terrifying enough
because of all of the things that could
go wrong because of Anita's page she's
even more at risk I'm in my mid to late
40s I was going to have a baby shower
that I was excited about because this is
a first pregnancy and I may not be able
to have that that's kind of
heartbreaking anita lives in new york
the epicenter of the virus in the united
states right now oh there's always the
fear of infection and contamination
you're still dealing with medical staff
you wonder how much cross-pollination
there is unfortunately when we look at
what has happened in other countries
there are certainly documented cases of
people having delayed care during
pregnancy or even forgoing certain types
of care during pregnancy because their
providers have simply not been available
due to this overwhelming capacity
demands on our healthcare system I
actually was going to look into a doula
around now and of course with these new
recommendations I'm not sure it's the
right thing to do now is the time to
prepare this is not a time to panic
there are steps that we can take to
prepare ourselves and our families