Pregnant Concerns

Managing a pregnancy during a pandemic presents new challenges for parents-to-be and their doctors.

A pregnancy is stressful, even under the best of circumstances.

But managing a pregnancy during a pandemic presents new challenges for parents-to-be and their doctors..

Bobby martinez talks to one expectant mom about that experience..

From video chat check ins, to cancellation of baby showers..

The corona virus is impacting the pregnancy stages for millions of mothers across the world.

And while this moment in their lives should be a happy one..

This pandemic can bring stress during this fragile time.

"it makes me feel lonely."

It's a feeling mothers least want to experience during pregnancy.

But the impact of covid-19, has affected the pregnancy stages for couples across america.

Markell cistrunk, who's expected due date is june 9th..

Says visiting the doctor during this pandemic has been lonely due to social distancing guidelines.

"with my doctor and my doctors office my husband cannot go in so it's just been me by myself."

Cistrunk says covid-19 has made this time stressful..

"it is a time you think is supposed to be happy time to enjoy with your family.

Now it's kind of course, you're kind of stuck in the house you really can't go anywhere so i make my place not to go out as much.

So it's just been a time, it's just been stressful it's a stressful time."

As for cistrunks biggest fear?

"one thing of course is just catching coronavirus and how does that virus affect me and the baby."

And it is worries like cistrunks that has doctor kristen fyke, an obgyn at starkville clinic for womenworking overtime to gather as much information on covid-19.

"we think that while pregnant patients may be somewhat more susceptible to viruses in general such as influenza it doesn't seem that they are at more risk than the general population at getting the coronavirus but of course the studies are very early."

And while many mothers remain isolated during this time for safety reasons... dr. fyke says it is very important for pregnant women to get their information on covid-19 from reliable sources.

"you want to limit your source of information.

What you're getting where you're getting your information.

I know it's very natural to want to get on all the platforms. i definitely recommend limiting that to maybe once or twice a day from a very reputable trustworthy source and try not to get those heightened emotional reports."

Reporting in starkville bobby martinez..

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