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A mother and father have reunited with their newborn twins after spending 20 days apart due to the coronavirus.
Jennifer Laubach gave birth to her children, Mitchell and Maksim, on April 3 after she and her husband Andre tested positive for the deadly virus.
Both have described their relief at being with their children again.
Jennifer, 36, said: “It was very emotional because three weeks had passed since his birth at that time,
“It felt like I gave birth and they were just gone,” she told Good Morning America. “It was heartbreaking.”
The twins, who were born at 32 weeks, were immediately quarantined at Troy Beaumont Hospital in Troy, Michigan, after delivery.
On April 2, Jennifer’s water broke.
Andre found that he tested positive for the virus just as the couple was heading to the hospital.
This meant that Jennifer was forced to drive 25 miles to the hospital alone, giving birth to her children the next day without her husband by her side while he isolated himself.
Mitchell was born 4 pounds, 3 ounces, and Mackin weighed 3 pounds, 14 ounces.
After giving birth, Jennifer found that she also tested positive for the virus.
“I was isolated from my family and friends again and I couldn’t see my babies and I was having postpartum depression, I’m sure,” she revealed.
New parents were only allowed to communicate with babies using video cameras.
But three weeks later, the doctors finally gave the go-ahead, allowing them to hug each other for the first time.
Jennifer and Andre have now urged others to take the virus seriously and understand the serious risks it poses.
“I just want people to take this virus seriously and not take their loved ones for granted, that’s for sure,” he said.
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