COVID-19 while pregnant.St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton captured the moment Worek was finally able to hold her newborn son, Praise, born at around 4 and a half pounds and several weeks premature.“You can’t even describe the feeling … it was an amazing,” she said.The mother and baby were kept apart while Worek recovered after falling severely ill with COVID-19 in her third trimester.
Coronavirus: Ontario ER nurse spends entire pregnancy working the COVID-19 front line “I am a registered nurse, so I was working as a bedside nurse prior to getting this new role as a clinical informatics specialist … I thought I was in the clear.