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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s hard to know without being there but perhaps you didnt appear aware or concerned about the risks in conceiving and having a baby now. All of us who are getting ready to give birth now got pregnant pre pandemic so we didn’t make a choice to have a baby in the middle of this. If you didn’t have a preconception appointment with your OB to discuss timing and such and then appear to be unaware of COVID risks and that yeah, this isn’t a great time to have a baby, that might explain her demeanor. I’m not saying it’s wrong to choose to have a baby now but you should have been considering the risks when you thought about conceiving and maybe your OB got the vibe that you were being flippant or something. No way to say though without knowing the context. [/quote]
So it's ok for an OB to moralize to patients and chastise them for making a personal decision to start a family during a public health crisis? Which, by the way, isn't having an outsize impact on pregnant people or babies? And are you also aware, many people get pregnant without meaning to? SMH.

https://www.contagionlive.com/news/newborns-not-at-increased-perinatal-covid19-risk

https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/practice-advisory/articles/2020/03/novel-coronavirus-2019[/quote]

This is the guidance to practitioners copied from the ACOG link you provided:

Clinicians should counsel pregnant women and those contemplating pregnancy about the potential risk for severe illness from COVID-19, and measures to prevent infection with SARS-CoV-2 should be emphasized for pregnant women and their families. Pregnant individuals in particular are encouraged to take all available precautions to optimize health and avoid exposure to COVID-19 including:

maintaining prenatal care appointments
    wearing a mask and other recommended PPE, if applicable, at work and in public
    washing hands frequently
    maintaining physical distancing
    limiting contact with other individuals as much as practicable
    maintain an adequate supply of preparedness resources including medications

That's exactly what OP's doctor did. It sounds like it just isn't a good personality match, but the OB was being a responsible professional, especially since the OP specifically asked her for more information on Covid.[/quote]

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