When you pictured your pregnancy, you might have prepared yourself for giving up wine and unpasteurized cheese, you might have made a plan to handle the nausea and the exhaustion and hoped for the occasional pregnancy massage, but perhaps you didn’t think we would still be in the middle of a pandemic.
Seeing your baby for the first time on an ultrasound is always breathtaking, but, for me, it just wasn’t quite the same going it alone. being there on my own. It is a strange feeling lying there in awe of this perfectly formed, ‘jellybean’ bouncing around, hearing the heartbeat, mask to mask with only your doctor.
If you're feeling this additional stress you are not alone. It's natural that you might be nervous of getting Covid, but the interesting thing is, so far many of the studies looking at women in pregnancy during this time, has shown the additional stress caused by Covid related restrictions and impacts poses a greater risk to your baby than Covid itself.
For example, as part of the ongoing COVID-19 and Perinatal Experience Study, initial data shows a disturbing level of anxiety, depression and stress caused by social isolation and changes in hospital protocols.
Seeing your baby for the first time on an ultrasound is always breathtaking, but, for me, it just wasn’t quite the same going it alone. being there on my own. It is a strange feeling lying there in awe of this perfectly formed, ‘jellybean’ bouncing around, hearing the heartbeat, mask to mask with only your doctor.
If you're feeling this additional stress you are not alone. It's natural that you might be nervous of getting Covid, but the interesting thing is, so far many of the studies looking at women in pregnancy during this time, has shown the additional stress caused by Covid related restrictions and impacts poses a greater risk to your baby than Covid itself.
For example, as part of the ongoing COVID-19 and Perinatal Experience Study, initial data shows a disturbing level of anxiety, depression and stress caused by social isolation and changes in hospital protocols.
