Episode 41: Nurse #6 - Women Giving Birth During the Pandemic

This episode, originally recorded early in 2021, discusses a part of the pandemic no one has been talking about -- Labor & Delivery and how birthing moms have been affected by mitigation policies. This nurse explains how new babies were separated from their mothers for several weeks after birth even if there was a "suspected positive" or completely asymptomatic case. New mothers were also not allowed to breastfeed, perhaps the most important action step needed to protect the babies for their growth and development and foundational health. She also discusses the misguided policies removing birthing partners, laboring partners, spouses, and forcing masks on laboring women, and how they added to the obstacles for those going through what should have been one of the most important times of their lives.