Mum of premature twins says rigid restrictions on birthing wards during Covid were traumatic.
A mother of premature twins has told the Covid inquiry she did not feel like she was treated as a parent after giving birth in the early stages of the pandemic.
Ms Mullen, a mother of three, was giving first-hand "impact" evidence on behalf of 13 pregnancy, baby and parent organisations. Initially she said her husband was able to come with her to scanning appointments, but as Covid spread in March 2020, he was forced to wait in the car park outside after driving 50 miles from their home to the nearest hospital.“I was very nervous. It was very difficult to do that alone knowing was high-risk.”Her husband was able to be with her in the operating theatre and then in the recovery room for an hour, before being told Covid restrictions meant he had to leave.
She said the restrictions were “baffling” when both parents lived together and were driving to hospital each morning in the same car. She said that, before Covid, most parents would have had 24/7 unrestricted access to their young children in neonatal intensive care. Restrictions during antenatal scans had a particularly negative impact on some women who had to receive bad news about the health of their baby on their own, she added.
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