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Chasing Life

Pandemic Pregnancy Answers

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.58K Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2020

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Today we’re answering your questions about the risks of coronavirus during pregnancy. CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta talks with Dr. Laura Riley, a high-risk obstetrician who has been delivering babies in New York City throughout the pandemic. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is Arlo and his mom Melanie.

0:12.1

Arlo is 16 weeks old and he's starting to babble and giggle like crazy.

0:17.8

Despite being born in the middle of a pandemic, Arlo is as happy and as healthy as one could

0:22.4

hope.

0:23.4

And so is his mom.

0:26.4

It is really strange.

0:28.2

Those first days, weeks, months, they just looked so different than what I thought they would

0:33.1

look like.

0:34.1

But I'm not worried about his development at all.

0:37.4

Like, I'm not worried that he's not being socialized.

0:40.5

He's going to be fine.

0:42.4

He's just been a little light during the time of uncertainty.

0:46.6

And I love him.

0:50.8

But many women and families, understandably, have a lot of concerns about the safety of

0:54.8

having a baby.

0:56.3

And be age of COVID.

0:58.1

So today, I'm going to sit down and talk to Dr. Laura Riley.

1:01.8

She's the chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Wild Cornell Medicine at

1:06.8

New York Presbyterian.

1:08.8

Dr. Riley will answer your questions about the risks of coronavirus during pregnancy and

1:14.0

about what we've learned since the pandemic started.

1:18.0

I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's Chief Medical Correspondent.

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