Maternal and Infant Outcomes Associated with Maternity Practices Related to COVID-19: The COVID Mothers Study
Melissa Bartick, Verónica Valdés, Angela Giusti, Elise M. Chapin, Nikhil Bhana, María-Teresa Hernández-Aguilar, Elysângela Dittz Duarte, Lucia Jenkins, John Gaughan, Lori Feldman‐Winter
Abstract
Background: Maternity care practices such as skin-to-skin care, rooming-in, and direct breastfeeding are recommended, but it is unclear if these practices increase the risk of clinically significant COVID-19 in newborns, and if disruption of these practices adversely affects breastfeeding.
Topics & Concepts
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)MedicineBreastfeeding2019-20 coronavirus outbreakSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)BetacoronavirusPandemicPregnancyCoronavirus InfectionsPediatricsVirologyOutbreakInfectious disease (medical specialty)DiseaseGeneticsBiologyPathologyCOVID-19 Impact on ReproductionMaternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and PostpartumGlobal Maternal and Child Health