When two leading New York hospital networks announced that expectant mothers would have to deliver without their birthing partners, the reaction was swift
"Make sure that the questions that might be in your mind that create anxiety are being addressed proactively. And don’t hesitate to ask those questions of the healthcare professional," advises Dr. Rahul Gupta of March of Dimes.
amid the pandemic to still include one support person for labor and delivery, calling that one spouse, partner, sibling, doula, or person of choice "essential to patient care throughout labor, delivery and the immediate postpartum period.
Thanks for doing this story. It's really important because it speaks to the heart of: how do we deal in an epidemic and, certainly, in a pandemic? In our role at March of Dimes, we first of all encourage all businesses and healthcare institutions to follow the guidance being provided by the CDC related to COVID-19 spread.
We are just encouraging hospitals within this very difficult time that we totally understand to be cognizant that it’s a human being on the other end. Delivering a baby is a special experience for that woman, in terms of giving birth to another human being.
Following the CDC guidelines would be the best science, evidence-based measure forward — keeping in mind the limited testing and supplies. It is important to test the woman who is delivering because of the baby. Still, there are a number of screening mechanisms that could be done — there is medical or clinical, like testing; as well as engineering and physical that could go a long way in ensuring that non-sick individuals are only allowed when those allowances are made.
It’s important for pregnant women to make sure that they’re feeling both comfortable and protected, because that has to do with things beyond their health. It has to do with maternal stress, the time of delivery; potentially, maternal stress can lead to preterm birth, we know that in literature. So it’s very important that pregnant women are doing everything they can to reduce their fear and anxiety, panic and stress.
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