Navigating pregnancy during a pandemic

Researchers at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health surveyed pregnant women in 64 countries and discovered that 31% had elevated levels of anxiety/depression, 53% experienced loneliness and 43% had post-traumatic stress related to Covid-19. Photo: Unsplash/freestocks

In April 2020, I discovered I was pregnant with my second child. The discovery was a joyous one, as I had long dreamt of having two kids, and was ecstatic to be expecting again.

I was very naive to believe that the Covid-19 pandemic – while worrying – would blow over by the end of the year.