As many states relax COVID-19 protocols, birthing practices continue to be impacted by the virus nearly two years after the World Health Organization declared it a global pandemic.
People are 40% more likely to have serious complications during pregnancy, such as high blood pressure, postpartum hemorrhage, respiratory illness and even death if they currently test positive.protocols, birthing practices continue to be impacted by the virus nearly two years after the World Health Organization declared it a global pandemic.
Weeks after recovering from COVID-19, she tested positive for the virus upon admission on what she said turned out to be a faulty batch of rapid tests. She said she wasn't able to see her son in the neonatal intensive care unit for several days until it was sorted out. "We understand how to care for mothers and babies during the pandemic, even when mothers present with positive PCRs for COVID," Feldman-Winter told ABC News. For instance, immediate skin-to-skin contact was something"we weren't sure about early in the pandemic," but which the AAP currently recommends, she said.
"Decision-making around rooming-in or separation should be free of any coercion, and facilities should implement policies that protect an individual’s informed decision," it says.