Covid restrictions on women giving birth are causing heartbreak. We need to be more humane | Hannah Dahlen

I’ve been studying the effects of restrictions on pregnant women since last year. Some are too harsh

Having a baby is one of the most significant life events in the human spectrum of experiences.

While it is a physical experience, it is also a profoundly social, psychological, cultural, and spiritual experience. This is something that is forgotten at times by busy health providers, but never by those giving birth and their partners.

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Hannah Dahlen, AM, is a professor of midwifery at the school of nursing and midwifery at Western Sydney University

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