The Check-In: Childbirth During Pandemic

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Hospitals are currently limiting support partners to one person during birth.
Sarah Dresser

Some of us are planners. We plan everything to the last detail and we like to be prepared. And that has complicated life events like childbirth during this time of pandemic uncertainty.

An expectant mother's “birth plan” and the decisions leading up to the birth are a big deal right now with constantly evolving standards set by hospitals, including limitations on visitors, recommended early inductions and covid tests before the big day.

In this episode we talk about planning a childbirth and actually giving birth during a pandemic.  

Our guests:

Dr. Courtney Barnes, OB/GYN whose research specialties include lactation and low-intervention births.

Katy Miller, midwife.

To hear the live show, tune in weekdays at noon. Also, you can leave us a voicemail at 877-532-0971 about how you are handling the isolation during the coronavirus pandemic

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Kristofor left KBIA in fall of 2021
Janet Saidi is a producer and professor at KBIA and the Missouri School of Journalism.
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