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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s indisputable fact that now is not a good time to be pregnant and deliver. I’m due next week and the last 6 months of this pregnancy have been incredibly stressful and I dread bringing a newborn into this situation. Every time I have to go to the hospital or the doctor I have to worry about COVID. Or frankly, go to the pharmacy or even just go outside. That’s not personal OP. It’s reality.[/quote]

That may be the case, but unless you want me to get an abortion, I don't see the benefit in telling someone that. [/quote]

The flip-side to that is that the very liberal telework policies make this a very good time to stay home with an infant without burning through all of your leave/FMLA.

I don't really understand that earlier comment about being worried about everything. From your own perspective, you'd be worried about COVID regardless of whether you had an infant. The new factor is the infant herself/himself, and COVID seems to be less risky for children than the flu.  So from the child's perspective, it's sort of like having a baby in the winter- perhaps not ideal health-wise, but not something most people get too worked up about.[/quote]

You clearly haven’t read up on the virus in infants. [/quote]

What about all the other downsides? Quarantining and not seeing friends or family to minimize exposure to the infant during the postpartum time when you need help? Being cautioned against sending older kids to school and day care when you have a newborn at home so having to care for them at the same time? Grandparents, friends, and family being unable to visit? Having to spend basically your entire pregnancy alone with your own immediate family not seeing friends or loved ones? Not having hospital visitors or siblings visit their new brother or sister? Your partner not being able to leave the hospital after check in to go take care of other kids? No in person support groups or lactation appointments and having to do it via telemedicine or Zoom? No hospital doulas? Forgetting your plans for a postpartum doula or house cleaning or a night nurse? Not everyone is high risk or has high risk family members or a high risk pregnancy and has to take these precautions but many of us do and it absolutely, totally sucks. It’s never easy to have a newborn and COVID makes it harder and more isolating than ever before

And it sounds like someone else is being very selective about what they're choosing to read.  No one is saying there's no risk. But the risks appear to be on par with influenza. That's not trivial, but people don't make a big deal about having a baby in the winter.[/quote][/quote]

NP, but it is not on par with influenza during pregnancy. COVID has a higher hospitalization rate. If I get a severe case of COVID, and end up having severe respiratory problems toward the end of my pregnancy, it could be very bad for the baby. Sure, I may not be more likely than the general public to get a severe case, but there's two of us whose lives must considered. Severe respiratory problems and low oxygen levels can be dangerous for the baby, and not just the pregnant mother. [/quote]

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