Having a baby in lockdown
Woman's Hour
BBC
4.1 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2020
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
We hear from you about what it’s like to be pregnant, give birth and look after a new baby in the Covid-19 lockdown.
Antenatal, labour and post-natal care has had to transform in the last two months, in order to combat the virus. Pregnant women are considered a vulnerable group to Covid and are recommended to self-isolate for their third trimester. Routine face-to-face appointments have been reduced and more is being done by phone. The way you give birth may have had to change, and partners can no longer stay on labour wards beyond the birth itself. And of course for new parents, family and friends haven’t been able to visit in person.
What has all this meant for you? As well as the challenges, have there been any unexpected upsides? Jane is joined by midwife Leah Hazard and obstetrician Dr Kenga Sivarajah to hear your stories.
Presenter: Jane Garvey Producer: Sarah Crawley Interviewed Guest: Leah Hazard Interviewed Guest: Dr Kenga Sivarajah Interviewed Guest: Ibukun Fisher Interviewed Guest: Elsa Rickett-Trueman Interviewed Guest: Laura le Masurier Interviewed Guest: Kate Duncan Interviewed Guest: Lizzie Williams Interviewed Guest: Frankie Eshun
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| 0:41.0 | Hi, this is Jane Garvey. It's Woman's Hour on Bank Holiday. podcasts. edition of the programme for a bank holiday Monday. Hope you're feeling all right this |
| 0:53.3 | morning. pregnancy, birth and life with a newborn during the lockdown. That's the |
| 0:59.0 | subject of Women's Hour today and you can take part particularly if this is you right now or |
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| 1:15.9 | As you can imagine so much from you already on Instagram, on Twitter and some fantastic |
| 1:20.5 | emails and listeners experiences. |
| 1:23.2 | Expert advice too, my guests are the obstetrician Kenga Civaraja who's from King's College Hospital |
| 1:29.2 | in London. |
| 1:30.2 | She is a specialist in perinatal mental health and the midwife Leah Hazard is based at a hospital in Glasgow |
| 1:36.6 | She's written a really good book about her being a midwife. It's called hard pushed if you'd like to seek that out I can recommend it. |
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