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Childbirth during a pandemic: parents decry separations
Felice J. Freyer
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Daniel Desrochers and his wife Lindsey Anderson were separated for hours during Lindsey s labor before she delivered their son Ethan at Baystate Medical Center.
On a Sunday morning in late May, Alexis and Eric Orzeck pulled up to Brigham and Women’s Hospital, bursting with nervous excitement. Alexis was nine months pregnant, and her water had broken the night before. The time had come to meet their first child.
Eric went to park the car while Alexis checked in, expecting they’d reunite in no more than an hour. But when Alexis was brought to a small room, she got some surprising news: Eric could not join her. ....

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