'It's been really scary': Expectant mothers prepare for childbirth as coronavirus forces hospitals to make changes
Expectant mothers are preparing for changes in childbirth as hospitals restrict who can visit during their stay.
Hannah Miller is expecting her second son on May 2.
맥스카지노I am 35 weeks, so next week will be the beginning of nine months,맥스카지노 Miller said.
This birth will be different from her first, and Miller is already feeling it.
"Especially with a pandemic, it's been really scary for the most part,맥스카지노 Miller said.
Miller said stores are out of diapers and formula, but she's trying not to make many trips.
"I don맥스카지노t physically go into stores because I맥스카지노m afraid what맥스카지노s going to happen to my baby if I get sick," she said.
Then there's the hospital visit.
Right now, she맥스카지노s not allowed to have anyone with her at her appointments. During her birth, at Immanuel Medical Center in Omaha, only one person will be allowed in the hospital during and after the birth. That means Miller맥스카지노s first-born child and her family won맥스카지노t get to meet the baby for several days.
Miller is worried about the surge in COVID-19 positive patients, too.
"What if they run out of beds? What am I supposed to do?" Miller said.
Nebraska Medicine said it's preparing for that surge by moving the Bellevue Medical Center's labor and delivery unit patients to their Omaha campus. Beginning Saturday, all scheduled and unscheduled births will be moved to the University Tower.
맥스카지노We know that there's a possibility that we will need to use that 11-bed unit for overflow (COVID-19) patients," said Sue Nuss, chief nursing officer and vice president of operations for Bellevue Medical Center.
It also allows the system to protect specialized staff.
"We're realizing that we could potentially have our labor and delivery staff get sick as well, and so combining the two units allows us to combine the staff so we can have more depth in the charts,맥스카지노 Nuss said.
Staff is also doing drills in case a pregnant mom shows symptoms, including how to get the person into the hospital and into an isolation room.
Nuss said the pandemic pushed their team to plan for the worst.
"I've been a nurse for 37 years," she said. "I hope I don맥스카지노t ever, ever, ever have to go through this again,"
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