(CNN) Johana Mendoza Chancay hasn't been in the same room with her baby since she delivered in a medically induced coma.

Chancay shared the story of her daughter Zion's birth during the coronavirus pandemic with CNN's Chris Cuomo on "Cuomo Prime Time." Now, recovering from the virus, a traumatic labor and the emotions of separation from her premature infant, she says there are no words for the experience.

Diagnosed late last month with coronavirus, Chancay said she wasn't initially worried. At the time, she didn't believe the virus was affecting pregnant women as much, she said, and thought she would face flu-like symptoms. She decided to ride it out in self-quarantine.

But then she began having respiratory issues.

Johana Mendoza Chancay.

"That's when I just couldn't take it anymore," Chancay told CNN.

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