28yo pregnant nurse has died, baby delivered by Caesarean

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Desperately sad. Channel 4 News covering this tonight, apparently.

www.channel4.com/news/pregnant-nhs-nurse-dies-with-coronavirus-but-baby-saved

A 28yo nurse, presumably working in a hospital, or with patients anyway, while heavily pregnant, fell ill and as her condition deteriorated the baby was delivered by Caesarean. The mother seemed to be improving but then took a turn for the worse and died shortly afterwards. I hope her baby girl is OK.

its more likely she caught it in the community

Jesus that is awful, no way on earth should she have been working.
DD is a Teacher and pregnant Teachers/ those with young babies don’t have to go in to school. DD had just gone back from mat leave when this kicked off but they told her to stay off.

Bloody hell, that is so sad.

I’m currently pregnant with first baby & petrified. My husband returns to work on Monday & I’m so scared he will bring it home. This poor nurse & her lovely baby, who she will never get to meet :( Heartbreaking!

Jesus that is awful, no way on earth should she have been working.

@GenderApostate19 It appears from a later article that she was not working. The OP got a bit carried away with her assumptions.

The radio news this evening stated that a nurse In the Luton area had died leaving a new born baby, so this suggests that this is a separate death to the one at Whittington Hospital.

Grim.

This awful story was in the news tonight. It said she was on maternity leave, and even sadder news is that her father has also died from Covid 19 too. This poor poor family.

It appears from a later article that she was not working. The OP got a bit carried away with her assumptions

The Guardian says she was working till at least March 12th, if so the chances are that is where she caught it.

It just feels so cruel.

So that's two mothers who have died around the time of childbirth (or at least far enough along for the babies to have been delivered safely).

What horrible circumstances, both for the families and the staff who have to make the heartwrenching decisions about what can be done

The story said her dad died of covid-19. I imagine she might have caught it within the family.

This is so incredibly sad, that poor poor family. I'm currently due to start working as a district nurse and have found out I'm naturally pregnant (after 11 years of infertility, four rounds of IVF & a silent miscarriage). I have a diagnosis of complete tubal blockage and diminished ovarian reserve and yet here I am naturally pregnant, complete miracle. I have just been on the phone to a doctor (not my normal one) explaining my anxiety was through the roof and I was expected to be going into peoples houses having close contact with them and aired that it was making me ill with worry. His response was, yes but there's nothing medically wrong with you!! I again explained I was losing sleep over it, had been having the odd bleed due to stress and STILL he told me that as a nurse it was something I would face throughout my career! I said look my anxiety is through the roof and still he kept telling me that everyone was anxious. His attitude was a bloody disgrace, I argued and kept stating it was making me ill (I have previous documented mental health / depression / anxiety) and he very reluctantly signed me off for two weeks. He said I need to have a good think on how I'm going to manage my anxiety as I can't be off for months on end. To say I'm disgusted is an understatement, so I'll be having a long lengthy discussion with my midwife and air my concerns with her!! Xx honestly the way some pregnant nurses are being treated is a disgrace, not all but some. Luckily for me my employer is amazing, my current doctor, not so much! Xx sorry for the rant ladies but it just left me feeling beyond unsupported and I can't believe the doctors lack of compassion and understanding towards my mental health xxxx stay safe ladies xxxxxx

@BooBooVictoria Congratulations on your pregnancy wonderful news. I hope your manager can sort you out a different role so that you can stay safe.

@PinkJam thank you so much 🥰 x to my surprise the doctors phoned me back and apologised for being unsympathetic and said he had reviewed my notes and agreed that I needed to at least get to 12 weeks. So I've been signed off untill then. I want to be at work more than anything, I just need to feel safe. My manager is being super supportive too and was the one who told me she wanted me at home safe for a while longer xx thank you for your kind words & support xxxx