Midwife shortage doubles as NHS staff diverted to tend Covid-19 patients

[jam85]

We are at the beginning of the pandemic and the NHS is already stretched to the max. If the virus comes back in 9 months next winter it will likely be worse!
Do you think that it's better to wait for TTC?

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Yes. I'm 12 weeks high risk first pregnancy and utterly terrified at the moment at the prospect of not getting the monitoring and care I need to have a successful pregnancy. Plus the lack of post natal care, I also have to have a c section and equally terrified of doing that without my partner then being on the ward alone after.

I really would hold off until it looks like things are definitely improving.

I absolutely would hold off if you are able too, for all the reasons mentioned plus the fact that weeks of lockdown WILL result in a massive baby boom in 9 months, we saw it after the beast from the east and that was only a few days!