Pregancy and Covid: The loneliness of the labour ward

The exclusion of partners and families from maternity services during the pandemic has led to increasing distress for pregnant women. Will the government’s new roadmap, to be announced this week, finally address their concerns?

Kayleigh Browne, from Lucan in Co Dublin, who gave birth to baby Rubí earlier this month, said visitation and partner support is still a ‘postcode lottery’ with some hospitals more relaxed than others