My name is Courtney. I am 37 weeks pregnant. I haven't seen my OB in about two weeks and

a lot has changed in the world since then.

That's Courtney Cooper. She's a colleague of mine here at CNN. Like many other women across

the country, she's now dealing with the fear of giving birth in the midst of the COVID-19

pandemic. What is supposed to be one of the happiest times of my life has just turned

into a bit of a mess of chaos and confusion. Most of us are already finding it tough to

deal with the novel coronavirus. So imagine the challenge of expecting without knowing

what to expect. In this episode, we talk about how to deal with the pandemic when you're

pregnant. I'm Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN's chief medical correspondent, and this is coronavirus,

fact versus fiction.

I have a lot of questions. Am I going to be safe? Is my doctor going to be safe? Is my baby

going to be safe? These are the kinds of questions pregnant women are asking all over the country.

Intuitous women are vulnerable because they generally have lower immune systems, so they

have to be really cautious. The good news is that right now, there's no evidence that

there are a higher risk of being infected with this virus. But infants are vulnerable to

it. A recent report in China shows that 11% of children who contracted the virus and

were under a year old ended up in critical condition. We still don't know if pregnant

women can transmit the virus to their babies. To date, the novel coronavirus has not been found

in breast milk or in amniotic fluid. Now, those are the physical risks. Women are now also facing

heightened mental and emotional concerns. You wait and wait and wait to get pregnant,

and then you realize what you're pregnant, we're about to have a baby, and that's really going

to change our lives. We spoke to a woman who's facing this dilemma. She lives in New Jersey,

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