Anxiety, confusion, terror, relief: Giving birth in pandemic

This photo shows Whitnee Hawthorne and her husband, Jody Smith, on May 8, 2020, at Mount Sinai West in New York soon after Hawthorne gave birth. Pregnancy, birth and life after bringing home a newborn in the middle of a pandemic has brought on high anxiety, ever-shifting hospital protocols and intense isolation for many of the millions of women who have done it around the world. (Whitnee Hawthorne via AP).

This photo shows Liz Teich on April 20, 2020, soon after giving birth at a hospital in White Plains, N.Y. Pregnancy, birth and life after bringing home a newborn in the middle of a pandemic has brought on high anxiety, ever-shifting hospital protocols and intense isolation for many of the millions of women who have done it around the world. (Joshua Boccheciamp via AP)

This image released by Jen Guyuron shows the cover of her children's book "The Baby in the Window: For All Parents Who Had Babies During The Global Pandemic," illustrated by Tanya Matiikiv. (Gatekeeper Press via AP)

This combination of photos shows Suzy and Ricky Stone visiting with their granddaughter Gigi Guyuron through a window of their daughter Jen Guyuron’s home on April 18, 2020, in Cleveland, Ohio, left, Guyuron's brother Bryan Stone visiting on March 21, 2020, center, and Jen Charet and Jason Charet visiting with Gigi on April 23. Pregnancy, birth and life with a newborn in the middle of a pandemic has brought on high anxiety, ever-shifting hospital protocols and intense isolation for many of the millions of women who have done it around the world. (Jen Guyuron via AP)