Navigating Pregnancy, Birth & Motherhood during Coronavirus (Covid-19)
Pregnancy, Birth and Coronavirus (Covid-19)
The experiences of labor and giving birth can be profoundly life-changing, and depending on the experience, it can leave a mother feeling strong and empowered or disoriented and traumatized. This is the case under the best of circumstances, yet as we are seeing with the emergence of COVID-19, women in pregnancy, birth and in their postpartum transitions are now facing new challenges and obstacles due to the current epidemic. Although it is a “novel” virus and our information is limited, we are learning more and more every day.
“I’m scared about being pregnant AND giving birth in the midst of this Global pandemic.”
It is normal and understandable to feel fear, grief, anger, uneasiness and any other emotion that arises in you during these unprecedented times. Most likely what you are facing is very different than what you had been planning, imagining and expecting that it would be, and that in itself can be very difficult to reconcile.
Although it looks different than what you were planning, I want reassure you that although there are some added challenges and stress, it is still possible to have positive and empowering pregnancy, birth and postpartum experiences, even in the time of COVID-19.
Especially during this time, I encourage new and expecting mothers to reach out for extra emotional, mental and logistical support to help them face, manage and overcome the added stress, fears and challenges that they may now be experiencing.
navigating your Pregnancy and creating a new birth plan amidst CoVID-19.
There are so many dedicated birth practitioners who are currently deeply committed to meeting the changing needs of the families that they are proud to serve. Many doulas and childbirth educators have shifted their services to remote support in order to offer virtual labor, lactation and online childbirth education in order to help the families of our community navigate pregnancy, birth and postpartum in the during the COVID-19 crisis. The San Francisco Bay Areas has put together a list of virtual support professionals who are proving services in this challenging tie. The list can be found here.
HOW Can you help me?
I have been supporting new and expecting mothers to thrive in their journeys from pregnancy through parenthood for over 25 years. Specifically, I have developed and shared an integrative approach that facilitates positive, healthy and empowering pregnancy, birth and postpartum experiences, even in the face of extreme difficulty. Further, I bring a unique expertise to the birth field that not only facilitates healing from difficult or traumatic births and circumstances, but also teaches powerful coping tools that both transcend and include the challenges of motherhood into a territory of greater positive growth and transformation.
Further, I have been meeting with clients both locally in the San Francisco Bay Area and remotely across the globe for many years. As a Prenatal and Perinatal Counselor, Integrative Wellness & Life Coach, Emotional Freedom Technique (Tapping) & Matrix Reimprinting Practitioner, Hypnotherapist, Mindful Somatic Release, Childbirth educator and long-time birth professional, I am uniquely poised to help new and expecting moms to address and release their anxieties and fears. From there, together we will make a plan for your new circumstances that will help you to effectively manage the unique challenges you are facing, which will help you to emerge stronger and wiser, no matter what your experience may be.
CONTACT me for a free phone or video consultation.
“During pregnancy we’re fiercely protective of our health and feel especially responsible for everything we do and expose ourselves – and baby – too. If you’re pregnant, naturally, you’re concerned about COVID-19 for your own health and your baby’s. Who wouldn’t be? We’re inundated with an overwhelming amount of information about how fast it’s spreading, and there’s still a lot of uncertainty about this infection. While a thorough search of the medical literature and the CDC website for data on COVID-19 and pregnancy shows just how very little is known at this time about the impact of COVID-19 on pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes, the good news is that what we do know so far is generally reassuring about the risks of this infection to otherwise healthy pregnant women and their babies.”