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CORRECTS TO GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, NOT GEORGETOWN - In this March 30, 2020 photo, Dr. Leana Wen poses for a photo in her Baltimore home. Wen, a George Washington University public health specialist, who is pregnant and due to give birth soon, says she wants answers as a physician and as a patient to her concerns over the coronavirus. Her greatest fear is developing a COVID-19 infection or symptoms that would force her to be separated from her newborn for days or weeks. “I would only be able to see my baby through a glass window. ... That’s the one that gives me nightmares.” (Courtesy Dr. Leana Wen via AP)

CORRECTS TO GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, NOT GEORGETOWN - In this March 30, 2020 photo, Dr. Leana Wen poses for a photo in her Baltimore home. Wen, a George Washington University public health specialist, who is pregnant and due to give birth soon, says she wants answers as a physician and as a patient to her concerns over the coronavirus. Her greatest fear is developing a COVID-19 infection or symptoms that would force her to be separated from her newborn for days or weeks…

March 31, 2020

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Virus disrupts pregnancy plans, raises anxiety and questions
March 31, 2020 3:37 p.m.

Virus disrupts pregnancy plans, raises anxiety and questions

Some pregnant women fear giving birth with no loved ones by their side. Others worry about getting sick with COVID-19 and not being able to hold their newborns. The coronavirus pandemic has injected anxiety and uncertainty to an already stressful time and while science about risks is mostly reassuring, doctors want clearer answers too.