

Sources Cited

(Accessed March 28/29 2020)



(1) Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Visitor Policy

https://sunnybrook.ca/content/?page=novel-coronavirus

(2) World Health Organization Q&A on COVID-19, pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding

https://www.who.int/news-room/q-a-detail/q-a-on-covid-19-pregnancy-childbirth-and-breastfeeding

and World Health Organization infographics on COVID-19

https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/emergencies/COVID-19-pregnancy-ipc-breastfeeding-infographics/en/



(3) Public Health Agency of Canada, Care During Labour and Birth

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/publications/healthy-living/maternity-newborn-care-guidelines-chapter-4.html



(4) Government of Canada Coronavirus Update

https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/coronavirus-disease-covid-19.html



(5) Cochrane Review: Continuous support for women during childbirth

https://www.cochrane.org/CD003766/PREG_continuous-support-women-during-childbirth



(6) Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Following Childbirth

https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/5036/5/Chapter_final_version_%281%29.pdf



(7) WHO Guidelines: Intrapartum Care for a Positive Childbirth Experience (Executive Summary) https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/272447/WHO-RHR-18.12-eng.pdf?ua=1

(8) New York Times: ‘Women Will Not Be Forced to Be Alone When They Are Giving Birth’ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/28/parenting/nyc-coronavirus-hospitals-visitors-labor.html



(9) New York Department of Health COVID-19 Health Advisory Update http://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/03/doh_covid19_obpedsvisitation_032720.pdf



Recommended Reading:



New England Journal of Medicine: “Universal Screening for SARS-CoV-2 in Women Admitted for Delivery”

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2009316



The International Confederation of Midwives (ICM): ”Women’s Rights in Childbirth Must be Upheld During the Coronavirus Pandemic”

https://www.internationalmidwives.org/icm-news/women%E2%80%99s-rights-in-childbirth-must-be-upheld-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic.html



Birthrights UK: ”Birthrights calls for protection of UK women giving birth during coronavirus”

https://www.birthrights.org.uk/2020/03/31/birthrights-calls-for-protection-of-uk-women-giving-birth-during-coronavirus/

