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Sunniva Holmås Eidsvoll received the crown three weeks before the term and had to give birth in isolation without her husband. Norwegian researchers will now discover how pregnant women react to the crown and how infection and disease have affected pregnancies, births, and babies born during the pandemic.
– It was surreal and dramatic at the same time, says Sunniva Holmås Eidsvoll.
On a wheelbarrow trip with Waldemar for 6 months and just finished her maternity leave, she remembers when she was very pregnant in March and felt bad.
INFECTED: 3 weeks before term, Sunniva felt bad and was tested. Photo: Private
– I was short of breath, limped and lost my taste and smell and then they did the corona test as I would soon be in contact with the health service and the test was positive, says the 37-year-old man who sits in the Oslo city hall by SV.
– Highly pregnant and coronary heart disease in the middle of a shutdown at the same time as having another child at home from kindergarten was a bit tiresome, but I figured I had to take it easy and hoped to get better at birth, says Eidsvoll.
See the interview with Holmås Eidsvoll at the top of the case.
Sunniva stopped having symptoms after a week, but when the contractions started, she tested positive again at the hospital and had to give birth in isolation.
– I tested positive the day I gave birth, so I was received as an infected person. I had to give birth in a bandage so you can imagine it was pretty tiring and the midwives had full infection control gear with goggles and full coverage suits, she says.
And dad, Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås (48) had to be home.
– Yes, he was at home and I was a little lonely in the hospital for five days after giving birth, she says.
Tough mentally
The birth and baby went well, but Sunniva experienced something very different by having a second child with the virus in her body.
BORN WITHOUT A MAN: The delivery went well and Waldemar did not have the virus even though his mother was infected. Photo: Private
– It seems from my experience that being infected is not more dangerous for pregnant women than others and my baby did not have a crown when he was born even though I did. There is nothing to indicate that he received injuries and neither did I suffer them in retrospect, says Sunniva, who believes that an important factor in her coping so well was that she had given birth before.
Still, she believes that many of those who have had babies during the pandemic have had mental difficulties.
– Maybe it’s more postpartum depression? I hope not many people have had major problems, but I think there are more who have struggled, he tells TV 2 and adds that the contagious situation made him not have a maternity group and was much more alone and at home on this sick leave .
Looking for answers
Norwegian researchers will now investigate how the crown has affected pregnant women and babies in a major Nordic research collaboration.
– We will find out if pregnant women are at higher risk of being infected, if they get a serious illness if they become infected and are also interested in observing the pregnancies of all those who have been pregnant during the pandemic, says researcher and project manager Siri Eldevik Håberge at the National Institute of Public Health, who wants to find out how a changed health service and the daily lives of pregnant women have been affected by the pandemic.
CROWN CITIES RESEARCHER: Project Director Siri Eldevik Håberg is collaborating with researchers from the Nordic countries to discover how the crown has affected pregnant women and babies. Photo: Tommy Storhaug
– There are many pregnant women who have now been more at home and that can contribute to less stress and fewer infections, but it is also interesting to see how they have been followed and how the children are doing.
If the corona had very serious consequences for this group, the researchers estimate that they would have already learned from international studies, but they believe it is important to investigate if there are effects that have not been revealed.
– In general, it seems to go well with those who are pregnant during the pandemic, and it is reassuring, but it also means that there may be some effects that are small but important to find and perhaps some rare conditions that we do not have. so far, says Eldevik Håberge in Fhi.
Alone with the newborn
Half a year after the dramatic experience, Sunniva is very positive about research in the field. She believes that the fact that couples were not allowed to attend deliveries may have been a great stress, especially for new mothers.
– Being alone with a newborn is demanding and I understand that many find it difficult. For us, it was also very strange in relation to the connection between the child and the father that the child was not allowed to meet until after 5 days, she says.
NEVER FORGET: Sunniva will never forget what it was like to give birth alone and that the man was not allowed to meet the child until five days after birth. Photo: Anine Hallgren / TV 2
– I will never forget this. And Waldemar will probably hear this story about a mother who gave birth in a pandemic in an infection room as long as she lives. But luckily we did well and they took good care of us and then it becomes a bit of a funny story to highlight too, he tells TV2.
