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Pregnancy during COVID-19 lockdown: How the pandemic has affected new mothers

  • Written by Darby Saxbe, Associate Professor of Psychology, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Pregnancy during COVID-19 lockdown: How the pandemic has affected new mothersIsolation and other pandemic stresses can harm pregnant women's mental health, with effects on their babies too.Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images

For the millions of women who celebrated their first Mother’s Day in May 2021, their transition into motherhood occurred in the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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