The restrictions of giving birth during Covid-19

Stewart with her daughter Mya Moore, eight, and husband Clif Stewart, 10 days before she gave birth on March 16. She experienced restrictions while giving birth in the hospital due to precautions over Covid-19, even before the stay-at-home order was given in the US state of Illinois. — TNS

Before Rachael Stewart gave birth to her second child, a baby boy named Caleb, on March 26 (2020), she knew many of the items on her birth plan would not go as envisioned due to the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on hospitals.

Stewart wound up not using her doula as much as planned, and her out-of-state mother – who had bought a flight ticket to be at the birth in person – was on video until she started pushing, and her husband was there with her.