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Expecting in the time of Coronavirus

I joined together with an OBGYN and a perinatal psychiatrist to produce this article.

A picture before my first baby was born.

After seeing the drama in NYC unfold when a few hospitals refused to allow support persons during labor due to concerns about coronavirus, and then the governor issued an executive order dictating policy, we wanted to recenter the conversation.

There is no winning or losing in this debate. There are only doctors concerned with keeping everyone – nurses, doctors, mothers, infants, support persons and family awaiting the baby at home – as safe as possible.

Read the full article here.

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Everything posted is my opinion and doesn’t represent the opinion of my current or prior employer. All patient references in stories are fictionalized (new gender, different issue, etc) to protect privacy. Recommendations are made in a generic way intended for education. The ideas I have may not fit every child or every family. Parents should use their judgment and ask their own doctors if they feel something doesn’t make sense or may not be safe in their specific situation. I am not your child’s doctor, and this is not medical advice.

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