Safe Pregnancy As COVID-19 Surges: What's Best For Mom And Baby?
NPRSafe Pregnancy As COVID-19 Surges: What's Best For Mom And Baby? "We've been trying to be really strict with them," Helmer says, advising extended family: " 'You know, it's really important that you're quarantining for 14 days before you come and visit us.' Sponsor Message But there were limits to the CDC study that are worth noting, Riley says — limits that may have made the added COVID-19 risk to pregnant women look bigger than it is. There was one finding in the CDC data that does stand out to Riley as potentially worrisome: "It seemed pregnant women were more likely to need the mechanical ventilation, which suggests more severe disease." toggle caption Kate Bernard Their world changed suddenly in mid-March: "The coronavirus lockdowns were just being announced that week that we got pregnant," she says.