A Chaotic Week for Pregnant Women in New York City (The New Yorker)

Karen Clemmer 4/1/202:43 PM

By Emily Bobrow, April 1, 2020, for The New Yorker

Early on Sunday, March 22nd, Lauren Pelz got a text from a friend who’d heard that the NewYork-Presbyterian (N.Y.P.) hospital network had decided to bar partners from accompanying women in labor, due to concerns about the spread of covid-19. It was the day before Pelz was scheduled to be induced to deliver her second child at N.Y.P. Lower Manhattan Hospital. She searched the hospital’s Web site and Twitter feed for news about the change in policy, but found nothing. She tried calling her obstetrician but couldn’t reach her. Hours later, her husband, Matthew, got through to someone on the hospital hotline, who confirmed that he would not be allowed to attend the birth of his daughter.

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