OB-GYN: Pregnant Women Should Still Visit Doctor, Hospital

An expert at Yale says pregnant women should still go to prenatal checkups — and even go to the hospital — during the pandemic. Stay-at-home orders do not apply to pregnant women who need medical attention, says Joshua Copel, vice-chair of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at Yale Medicine. “It really scares us that some women are thinking they should deliver at home rather than a hospital because it might be safer,” Copel says the risk of spreading COVID-19 to pregnant women and infants at the hospital is relatively low, compared to known risks of complications during home births.