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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m scheduled for an induction in 5 weeks and had a virtual visit with my WHC midwife this morning. We talked a little about the new NY hospital policy. She was of course horrified by it and gave me the impression that the practice would push back hard against something like that. She could make no promises but reiterated “we’re not even close to there yet” and talking to her about it made me feel a little better.

She did say that nitrous oxide was now off the table, which is unfortunate as that was a major draw for me to WHC and really helped me get through my 2018 labor there. But if we can keep our labor support, oh well, giving up the nitrous seems like a small thing.[/quote]

Why is nitrous off the table? [/quote]

I just googled, must be because it's a potential COVID-19 treatment.[/quote]

My understanding from medical friends is that it's actually because it's an aerosol generating treatment. So, a positive mom using it could increase the amount of virus in the air as an aerosol (vs if she was not using it) and her medical providers would be at greater risk. Definitely sucks if it is a thing that you wanted to try, especially if you already know you react well to it.[/quote]

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