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Giving Birth During Coronavirus Is Every Woman's Nightmare
“The thought of my husband dropping me off at the hospital, me getting checked in alone, getting the epidural shot alone, and not having his hand to hold terrifies me,” says Morgan Pederson, a 32-year-old woman from Queens, New York, who is planning to deliver her second child in June.Last week two New York hospitals, New York Presbyterian and Mount Sinai, announced that in the face of the coronavirus pandemic they would not allow partners or spouses in the labor and delivery ward or on the postpartum floors. It sparked a flood of concern from around the country.