Abstract
Reflect on how the new coronavirus pandemic triggered or accentuated the fear of childbirth in pregnant women and affected childbirth care practices. Reflective analysis of women's pregnancy and childbirth experiences during the current pandemic, supported by the latest scientific evidence and recommendations on the topic. Pregnancy and childbirth are life-changing events for women, but during the new coronavirus pandemic, fear and uncertainty have taken on an unprecedented dimension in the negative way that many pregnant women have anticipated and experienced childbirth. The current period has accentuated a chronic problem: a paternalistic system of health institutions in the approach to childbirth, dense with additional levels of fear in pregnant women. In this context, addressing the fear of childbirth means not giving up the promotion of safe and positive birth experiences for women.
Highlights
On December 31, 2019, the disease of the new coronavirus (COVID-19), caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, was reported for the first time
The analysis will take as its starting point the experiences of women and midwives/ obstetricians from different health institutions, transmitted personally, or disseminated by the media and social networks, which will be discussed with scientific basis for recommendations on care in pregnancy, labor and delivery and postpartum, during the new coronavirus pandemic, and which have been published by national and international reference organizations until August 2, 2020
As the SARS-CoV-2 virus continues to spread worldwide, prenatal management, fetal safety and the potential for vertical transmission are of significant interest and concern
Summary
On December 31, 2019, the disease of the new coronavirus (COVID-19), caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, was reported for the first time. There are many aspects that can be discussed, this article aims to reflect on how the pandemic of the new coronavirus affected the expectations of pregnant women, by triggering or accentuating the fear of childbirth, as well as childbirth care practices, based on in the most recent scientific references.
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