Perspective: I gave birth by myself during the coronavirus pandemic, but I wasn’t alone
Discussion of news topics with a point of view, including narratives by individuals regarding their own experiencesNewborn baby boy sleeping in his crib, his mother holding his hand. Being a single mother has taught me a lot about how to do things alone. Still, I never thought I’d be handed a pair of scissors to cut my own umbilical cord when I gave birth to my second son during a pandemic.
Because I am 42, I was advised to stick with the hospital over a home birth and induce labor before my due date. Whereas previously I was terrified of catching the virus before I gave birth and being separated from my newborn, now I feared my newborn and I might catch the virus from the hospital. I decided to deliver without pain medication or intervention that might lengthen my stay. My focus on preventing infection almost made me forget my fear about doing it alone.
Later, in my hospital recovery room, I clutched his tiny soft body to my chest with one hand and held my phone in the other. I alternated between looking at his face and at the dozens of joyful messages spooling out in response to the announcement I had emailed to a pre-drafted list of as many people as I could think of.Solutions through social connection also come from my job as a psychology researcher, in which I study social networks and how to promote better behaviors in those networks.
A single mother knows the importance of community, of seeking emotional support from people beyond her immediate family. My experience giving birth alone, but with a virtual community lighting up the airwaves, reinforced this lesson in a concentrated surge.
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