Did you/are you going to go into isolation before your due date?

[Amyem90]

Hi,

I’m due my next baby in February next year and this whole covid situation clearly isn’t going away any time soon! I was considering going into isolation in the weeks leading up to my due date just to fully minimise the risks of contracting it but can’t find much advice at the moment.

Was anyone told this is the best thing to do or just carry on as normal? (well the new ‘normal‘)

Did you, or do you plan to, isolate anyway? Did anyone give birth with covid and if so did it bring complications?

Anxious mummy looking for some clarity!

TIA x

I'm due in February and my midwife told me there's no need to self-isolate. My friend was induced today and she needed COVID test few days ago.

I did for 3 weeks before my due date, I ended up with sepsis in hospital so had to isolate in a side room on the ward whilst waiting for my covid test as my temp went to 38c because of it.

I had been tested on admission 4 days prior so if you can isolate I would, as being told I couldn't see my son for a few hours whilst he was in NICU due to waiting on my test result was awful despite knowing it was so unlikely I had covid.

I had my baby in September and I didn't isolate. I stayed away from socialising with friends and family for the most part and still went and did my food shopping every week until baby came.
I think you only need to isolate if you think or have been told yo have come into contact with someone who has tested positive.
Your choice at the end of the day ❤️

I'm planning a CS so will need to isolate I think but otherwise I'd probably just limit activities and meeting up (would probably want to do that anyway!)

No, carrying on as normal

I'm due in two weeks and I'm trying to grapple with this dilemma. It's currently easy as schools are off and we're tier 4 so can't do anything or see anyone anyway. I don't know if I should be keeping my children out of school though until the baby arrives. If I was the sort of person who had my babies on time then I would as it'd just be a few days but I tend to go over by a few weeks so it could be 3 weeks out of school for them which seems unfair.

I had an elective section earlier this year and didn’t have to isolate just follow the guidelines at the time. I was sensible in terms of social distancing/mask/hand washing/gel but continued to exercise and shop up until my date.

Also kept my older child in preschool as it was better for his routine.

I'm booked for a section in a couple of weeks and the consultant said to me the other day that really it's your partner who needs to isolate if anyone is going to because it's a flat no to them coming in if they are positive. They have to treat you regardless. The other main issue is if you test positive and your baby needs neonatal, I'm having twins so the chance of this is higher for me but in a 'normal' pregnancy it wouldn't be. I am going to isolate as I can't drive any more and I can't move much at this stage so it shouldn't be a problem, we are starting after tomorrow.

I’m also due in Feb and I’ve basically said to my partner I don’t want to isolate but I do want to avoid socially seeing people we don’t need to see in the 2/3 weeks im off on maternity before.
This isn’t for COVID it’s just I’d rather not have any form of bug at a time I need to potentially giving birth. Plus I’d like to be well rested so it’s a great excuse :)