Here is an evolving list of resources about COVID-19 and pregnancy, birth, midwifery, and increasing access to home and birth center births
General information about covid-19, Pregnancy and Birth
Aviva Romm : COVID-19, Pregnancy and Breastfeeding: What We Know is Reassuring and COVID-19: An Integrative MDs Commonsense Approach
Big Push for Midwives “Where’s My Midwife: Crowd Source Map” Connecting midwives and potential clients during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
BirthPlace Lab- Helpful infographics and other resources
Black Women’s Health Imperative- lots of general health information and tools
Evidenced-Based Birth Resource Page :
Webinar - “Evidence: Pregnancy and COVID-19.” Presented Monday, March 23rd 2020. Excellent overview of the general research knowledge on COVID-19 and pregnancy.
EBB provides information on Virtual Doula and CBE Services
Weekly Research Updates
International Confederation of Midwives Statement: “Women’s Rights in Childbirth Must be Upheld During the Coronavirus Pandemic”
National Association to Advance Black Birth (NAABB)- Coronavirus Updates on Maternal Health
National Association of Certified Professional Midwives- Covid-19 Resources
National Perinatal Association COVID_19 resources
information on SEPARATION of infants and birthing parents who are suspected of having or are positive for COvid-19
CfM Factsheet “Get the Evidence You Need to Inform Your Decisions: Separation of Infants at Birth from Their Birthing Parent Who May Have or Has COVID-19”
Evidenced Based Birth Sample Informed Consent Waiver on Separation- scroll down to find document link
Excellent article by The Cut on separation of parents and their infants “‘They Separated Me From My Baby’ Hospitals are keeping newborns from their parents over coronavirus fears.” By Irin Carmon
California Perinatal Quality Collaborative webinar- Fast forward to 35 mins in where they discuss separation policies. As of 3-26-20 Stanford Hospital was providing informed decision making and not enforcing separation. Slide deck from the webinar and overall resource page.
World Health Organization (WHO) “Clinical management of severe acute respiratory infection when novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection is suspected. Interim guidance 13 March 2020”
WHO “Q&A on COVID-19, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding”
Dong Y, Mo X, Hu Y, et al. Epidemiological characteristics of 2143 pediatric patients with 2019 coronavirus disease in China. Pediatrics.
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. “Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection in Pregnancy. Information for healthcare professionals” Version 4: Published Saturday 21 March 2020.
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) 4-4-20 Update: Interim Considerations for Infection Prevention and Control of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Inpatient Obstetric Healthcare Settings. Recommendations now say separation should be done on a case-by-case basis and should utilize shared decision making with the patient.
Original Center for Disease Control (CDC) Recommendations as of Feb 18, 2020. These recommended separation of infants and birthing parents who were suspected or confirmed for COVID-19 infection. It mentioned discussing separation with the birthing parent and rooming-in if it was the“mother’s wishes” but did not specify shared-decision making should be utilized.
International Confederation of Midwives Statement: “Women’s Rights in Childbirth Must be Upheld During the Coronavirus Pandemic”
Breastfeeding Information
ILCA has posted a lot of resources
National Perinatal Association has good evidence based infographics on breastfeeding and COVID-19
COVID-19 Social Justice, equity Resources, and groups centering people of color:
Racial Equity Tools- A large library of resources on equity and social justice in relation to COVID-19
Black Women’s Health Imperative- lots of general health information and tools
National Association to Advance Black Birth (NAABB)- Coronavirus Updates on Maternal Health
Emergency Preparedness resources and increasing access to home and birth center birth
The Big Push for Midwives COVID-19 Resource Page- Lists efforts across country to increase access to midwives in unregulated states as well as other resources.
NACPM Webinar on Emergency Preparedness Efforts: “Community Birth, Public Health, and Emergency Preparedness.”
Foundation for the Advancement of Midwifery Statement on “Out-of-Hospital Birth and Pandemic Planning”
Midwives Alliance of North America (MANA)- “The Time is Now! Advocate the Benefits of Home Birth”
MANA Statement “Implications of COVID-19 in Midwife-led Care of Childbearing Families”
American Association of Birth Centers COVID-19 Toolkit
Birth Protocol information
NACPM Webinar, “Coronavirus: Midwives on the Front Line” Presented March 19, 2020. The first hour is general information on pregnancy and COVID-19 with Aviva Romm. The next 1.5 hours are 4 midwives (2 birth center, and 2 home birth practices) explaining their current protocols and answering questions.
Health Foundations Birth Center Protocols and Information to Patients
Hospital protocols: Citizens for Midwifery is especially concerned about parents receiving sufficient informed decision making if they are suspected or confirmed to have a COVID-19. Current CDC guidelines (as of 3-24-20) recommend birthing patients and their healthy babies be separated at birth. However, the same guidelines state the decision to be separated should be discussed with the mother and provide recommendations to limit transmission to the newborn.
California Perinatal Quality Collaborative webinar- Fast forward to 35 mins in where they discuss separation policies. As of 3-26-20 Stanford Hospital was providing informed decision making and not enforcing separation. Slide deck from the webinar and overall resource page.
ACNM’s Resource Page (webinars, links, practice guidance etc.)
American Association of Birth Centers Toolkit : Lots of information for birth centers
Tele-medicine
Kaiser Family Foundation and here
Doulas:
DONA Internationals Information and Toolkit
Legal Resources: