New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

New mum’s lockdown delivery ‘I’M TOO SCARED TO HAVE ANOTHER BABY’

‘I didn’t plan on giving birth through such a climate of fear’

In March 2020, when Kiwis woke up to the first day of level four lockdown, pregnant Brittany McNabb woke up to contractions.

But any excitement of meeting her firstborn was overshadowed by the prospect of giving birth – an anxious time for any new mum – during an unprecedented “climate of fear”.

Sharing her story in the hope other mums might feel less alone in their similar experiences, the 27-year-old says

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