I’ve got myself into a bit of a panic, I started listening to a podcast about the prevalence of different allergies and serious illnesses in the western world and reasons for the recent dramatic increases.
It basically went onto say a whole host of reasons but talked a lot about c section babies being at higher risk and also parents providing a ‘too clean’ environment in the first few months life. My baby was transverse at 40 weeks, c section was literally my only option, he was born one week into the first lockdown, he wasn’t held by another human for four months.
I did worry about this at the time, but obviously Covid was so unknown in the beginning it was like being stuck between a rock and a hard place. We just followed the guidelines.
I know there was literally nothing I could do here for either situation, but I’m feeling really guilty, I know I’m being irrational in a way but I feel like he just didn’t get the best start in life at all due to decisions ultimately I made. There’s also a bonus risk of family history of eczema and hayfever that we can tick off. Sigh.