Having a Baby During COVID-19

Our Ultimate Hospital Bag Checklist has been downloaded hundreds of times over the past year. We love helping parents from all over the country figuring out what comforts from home will help them during their labor and postpartum hospital stay.

Now that COVID-19 is changing everything- including labor and delivery- we decided to create a new list for parents expecting a baby during this challenging time. Our goal here is to help you reshape your thinking about what you really need…along with some tactical tips to help prevent cross-contamination from hospital to home and vice versa.

But first…To our pregnant friends in our community-

The One Where We Pivot

F•R•I•E•N•D•S Fans! Anyone else excited about the Friends Reunion coming to HBO?!

I KNOW!

Could I BE any happier?

What’s my excitement level at you ask? SEVEN. Seven. seven.

If you know me well, then you know I LOVE Friends! My husband and I tuned in every Thursday night- long before on-demand and streaming services existed. Ya know, when you actually had to BE home to press record if you wanted to “tape” a show!

One of the perks of the season of parenthood I’m in is watching the show with my young adult children. They speak fluent Friends references and they send me Friends gifs & memes often- clearly they know their momma’s love language.

Newborn Necessities for Quarantine

There are luxury baby products that FEEL like must-haves because they make life more manageable. Trust us- we get it! There are so many baby items we feel we can’t live without, too. But in the end…we can.

The goal of this list is to help you prepare for life at home with your newborn for 2-4 weeks in social distancing, quarantine or isolation. Many parents are faced with canceling baby showers and they are worried about not having the necessities on hand. Our list isn’t what you might want…but rather what you will need from the eyes of two postpartum doulas.

Girl, Wash Your Hands

Here’s the deal! We want to talk about the elephant in the room sooner rather than later.

And so we’re just going to come right out and say it- Coronavirus or COVID-19. Trust us when we say we don't want to strike fear or panic. But we do want to be realistic about how the potential of the virus spreading could impact the daily lives of our pregnant and new parent friends. As doulas who are in someone else’s home (almost daily these days- no joke) and at the hospital a couple of times per month, we have been watching closely as things unfold. Today, March 6, 2020, the first known case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Indiana- which isn’t a surprise.

Baby 2.0

Bringing home baby #2?! We're here to help with some tips about how to prepare your firstborn (aka 1.0) for their newborn sibling (aka 2.0).

Before you jump in, we want you to remember there will be double the tears, double the exhaustion, double the fears...and double the love.

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F•R•I•E•N•D•S Fans! Anyone else excited about the Friends Reunion coming to HBO?!

Here’s the deal! We want to talk about the elephant in the room sooner rather than later.

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