Birth in the time of coronavirus: Bay Area parents, hospitals face new fears, challenges

Birth in the time of coronavirus: Bay Area parents, hospitals face new fears, challenges

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https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/26/birth-in-the-time-coronavirus-bay-area-parents-hospitals-face-new-fears-new-challenges/

In the weeks before her April 10 due date, first-time mother Christina Johnson looked forward to relaxing in “full nesting mode” with a baby shower, date nights with her husband and a weekend “babymoon.”

But in a country suddenly riven by a coronavirus pandemic, Johnson and her husband Simon have been sheltering in place in their San Jose home and scrambling online to find retailers still selling diapers, wipes and even baby formula, in case she has trouble breastfeeding.