I'm 23 weeks pregnant, and have a DS who's nearly 2. DS was born at 34 weeks and spent a couple of weeks in the SCBU - I went into spontaneous labour, and no reason was ever found for why
I have a higher risk of giving birth prematurely again. I've heard that my local hospital has said that anyone who wants to visit a baby in SCBU cannot have any contact with their existing children due to the risk of catching and passing on Covid 19. I am so, so worried about this. I think it would traumatise DS to not see me for two weeks, and I couldn't bear not to see him - we've never spent a night apart. And what if DD needed to be in for months? How could I go that long without seeing my boy? It would also mean that DH, who would stay at home with DS, couldn't see DD for that time.
I have two questions - does anyone have any recent experience with SCBU, is this normal?
And does anyone know anything about child development, could it have a long term impact on DS suddenly not seeing me for weeks? I'm thinking of attachment issues etc. DH is very hands on and has a great bond with DS, but I work part time and am his primary carer.