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Pregnancy & birth during COVID pandemic

Posted By Teds mum

"Pregnancy & birth during COVID pandemic"

About: Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust - City Campus / Maternity care

(as a service user),

I found out I was pregnant with my third baby during the first week of lockdown, in March 2020. I was nervous as to how the Covid-19 pandemic would affect the healthcare I would receive through the pregnancy and especially the postnatal care after an elective c-section.

I needn’t have worried. Every single healthcare professional that I came into contact with during my pregnancy and after having my baby went above and beyond to make the experience as positive as possible. 

After my baby was born he contracted an infection so we had to stay in hospital for 5 days while he was given a course of antibiotics. The care we both received during this time was exceptional and made a very scary experience a positive one for me, especially with the restrictions on visiting at the time due to the pandemic. 

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Response from Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust 3 years ago
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Submitted on 27/01/2021 at 16:36
Published on Care Opinion at 16:36

Congratulations on the birth of your third baby. Thank you for taking the time to share your story and talk about the experience you had as an expectant mother during the Covid-19 pandemic. This has been a difficult time for everyone and we can understand why anyone may worry about how the pregnancy and neonatal care they receive would be affected. I am so pleased to hear that you were made to feel supported and positive at all times by the professionals you encountered, including the difficult time after the birth when your baby contracted an infection, and how you felt confident in the care you were both receiving.

Best wishes from all of us to you and your whole family.

Rebekah Calladine, Deputy Head of Midwifery (City Hospital)

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