Name: Pregnant With Coronavirus: How a Hospital Maternity Ward Is Coping | NYT News
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In fact, she couldn't actually visit her baby.

And then it was amazing because we got to watch her

video chat with a nurse who was with her baby,

and Precious Anderson got to see her baby, David.

“He's so handsome, Precious. He's very handsome.”

We actually went to visit him and he was moving around,

he was stretching, pointing his toes like a little dancer.

At this hospital, seven of the pregnant women

who tested positive for Covid have given birth,

and their babies have generally done very well.

None of them have been  confirmed to have Covid.

I'm a correspondent at The New York Times.

have been able to spend time at the Brooklyn Hospital Center.

And for the story published this week, we spent time

on maternity and in the intensive care unit.

Dr. Erroll Byer is the Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

which should be such a joyful moment in a family's life,

that, in fact, now it's anxiety provoking.

What struck me was people doing the typical things

but doing them with masks, with face shields,

on the maternity ward and in the neonatal I.C.U.

Basharrie McKenzie was also on the intensive care unit.

And she's pregnant, and she got very sick with Covid.

And of course, it's really hard because you're alone.

When I met her this Monday, she was so much improved.

“My three-year-old daughter keeps me going.”

And she was able to continue her pregnancy.

So, there are a lot of very sad stories with Covid-19 —

So it was amazing to see this young woman,

was able to pack up her bags and actually go home.

“You got to have heart, and you had it.

“Thank you for allowing us to take care of you.”

I spoke with the intensive care unit doctors,

and they said when people like Ms. McKenzie

get to leave the hospital, get to come off a ventilator,

out of an intensive care unit, and recover enough to go home

that it's giving them the energy to keep going.