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Pregnancy in a pandemic

So this is my first pregnancy I’m currently 36 weeks I will be 37 tomorrow. I didn’t get to experience a lot of what I wanted because of COVID but I did get to take my maternity pictures and I’m so happy about that. Anybody else first pregnancy happen to be during this pandemic?
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Yep mine!

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I had my girl in july. I never got to do the pregnancy stuff like have a baby shower or anything

Me neither. I also had my baby girl in July.

Yes mine!

Me! Although I haven’t experienced any major changes cos of covid - all my appts have been in person and we were able to book a couple of private scans so my husband could come :)

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That’s such great news!

This is my first Pregnancy, I'm 8+2 and I feel like I'm guna miss out a lot of the experiences due to all this crap. It's co causing enough with so much info to sift through, but with so many restrictions in place, it's even more daunting x

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Aww thanks hun. That would be fab 🥰

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Yep! Found out I was pregnant in October & it finally looked like places near me were starting to open up more & things actually seemed a little normal. Then 1 week ago EVRYTHING shut down. My dr told me my husband could go into the first ultrasound & 20 week appt.. first ultrasound is tomorrow and got a call today that he’s not allowed anymore. I literally broke down.

I was six months along when the pandemic hit. I was devastated - I didn’t go anywhere except OB appointments from March to June, then I was stuck in the house until July.

Same here as everyone else. First pregnancy and it’s been a mess. Being pregnant has sucked to the point at times I didn’t want to be pregnant anymore. My husband used to be able to go to my appointments with me but due to an ignorant group of doctors I had to switch groups at 30 weeks. Now he can only be at ultrasounds which I know is better than nothing but still. They show pregnancy as this beautiful, wonderful thing and it’s sucked. I cancelled my baby shower because people were trying to tell me what to do how to do it, that I’d wear a mask to make everyone else feel better, etc. So I literally said fuck y’all and cancelled it. Instead I enjoyed sitting on my couch that day with my husband, drinking coffee, watching football, and eating whatever I wanted in my pjs! Now I’m 36 weeks and praying the hospitals don’t change their guidelines so my husband and mom can be with me when I deliver. I feel me and many other women are at least owed that.

My daughter was born right at the beginning of lockdown so her whole life has pretty much been spent in isolation. It’s really hard! I feel like she’s missing out on her life :/

Yep! Had my baby in September!

Yes mine !! My husband and I always said we are having just one. So this is my first and only pregnancy (it came by surprise) I feel I missed out on everything 😞 my family lives in another country and we haven’t been able to see each other since last December. I didn’t get to do my babymoon, my babyshower (doing it virtually), maternity pictures we are taking them ourselves (my husband takes good pictures), my husband not being allowed at the appointments .... But oh well I guess this is part of my learning experience 🤷🏻‍♀️

i had my secondary pregnancy during the lockdowns and have since had my baby there is a 17 yr age gap between my children so it felt like the first time again and i feel like i’ve been totally robbed of a special experience/ my maternity leave by covid bloody 19 😡😡😡

I’m not pregnant yet, but we were originally going to start ttc in June 2020 and decided to push it back to November. I’m sorry you didn’t get to experience all the things you wanted with your first pregnancy, BUT your maternity pictures are some of the most beautiful ones I have ever seen in my life. You look stunning 😍

I had to cancel my wedding due to covid. At the time we thought, “oh we will just make up for it at another time” and here we are 6 months later. Then I unexpectedly got pregnant with our first baby 🙃 lol but grateful for this experience none the less

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Cancel my wedding with guests* we still got married, just only had our parents and grandparents in attendance.

omg yessss. 😭 and for our first baby! we had been trying to conceive for two years, took a break from trying in decemeber, then got a positive in january, entered lockdown in march... husband wasn’t even allowed at any of my OB appointments. couldn’t have a baby shower, had to cancel our babymoon.... didn’t see anyone for months because i am immunocompromised—no one could even touch my belly, not even my mom. luckily my husband was allowed in the hospital for labor and delivery. since then, no one has been able to visit or hold the baby (only could meet him through our windows at home). this pandemic SUCKS!!! 😭 but happy that our miracle baby is healthy! but doesn’t invalidate the grief over how i feel over not having everything that i had wanted or expected for our first.

Yep first pregnancy during a pandemic, had my baby shower over zoom, felt like I've been robbed of what should have been an amazing experience, and so was my husband. He didn't see our son for two days after he was born. Now I'm missing out on classes and making mummy friends. Just keep thinking we have a happy healthy baby who is none the wiser so I should be happy xx

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Yep. I got married during this pandemic and that looked EXTREMELY different, and now pregnant😭 I’m hoping I can have a normal baby shower before baby gets here & that COVID dies down after the holidays.

Mine and I didn’t even know till 34 weeks (estimated)

Yes. First time and like you my family are all in a different country :(

Yes . My fiancé was not allowed to go to any of my doctors appts or ultrasound appts.. first time he heard our sons heartbeat was when i was being induced to give birth. It was really upsetting

Mine was. Plus he was 12 weeks early so I also have been getting to experience having a NICU baby during the pandemic. Didn’t get a shower or maternity pics because of how early he was. Been extremely difficult but unfortunately we’re all going through something tough due to the pandemic. It could always be worse.

Yep same here. I tried to keep it on the bright side as much as possible. Didn't get to wear what I wanted for my baby shower because most places aren't letting you try on clothes and didn't want to end up with something too big or too small. I Want to do a photo shoot too but It would be the same situation about the outfit. The doctor appointments suck because I can't take my husband with me and he's missing out on some memories. I try my best by recording sonograms...but it's still the not the same.

Yep. My final few months of pregnancy were the first few months of covid. Very stressful.

Yes definitely makes you feel jipped

My doctors wouldn't let me record any of the sonograms or anything like that. My first pregnancy started right before the pandemic hit so he was able to go to the very first one but nothing after that, im now pregnant again and he hasn't been able to be at any of the appointments. Just SO relieved to say he was able to be with me during delivery and recovery. He couldn't leave the hospital and come back though but that was fine with me xD one guy let him pop out for a cigarette once but that was it. No one was able to come visit and i guess that's different but it was my first so i had no idea. My next is due in April and its looking like we'll still be locked down in the same way -_-

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They also did let the baby stay in the recovery suite with me she only had to leave for a test and they brought her right back. It may depend on the hospital. And just in case the father isn't able to be there I believe they're allowing one person in general it doesn't have to be the father but that may also depend on the hospital

First baby here! 23 weeks and my husband isn’t allowed to any of my appointments but I’ve been able to video my ultrasounds, it’s still not the same for him.

My gyno said she’ll probably have me quarantine from work at 37 weeks

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