
“I was petrified and wanted a hand to hold:” Irish women call for the ease of maternity restrictions
“The cure can’t be worse than the disease.” Emma Carroll became a mother in the middle of lockdown. At the height of Ireland’s Covid-19 restrictions she, like countless others, dealt with the measures imposed in the country’s already overstretched maternity hospitals. Almost six months on and she is yet to receive her six-week postpartum checkup. […]
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