This is really awful. Makes me realise how lucky we were with Kingston @maternity_team when our son needed extra care but I cannot imagine the trauma of having my time with him limited, particularly in the very vulnerable and emotional days after giving birth https://twitter.com/avmikhailova/status/1310155230928134144

Practice at Kingston and other hospitals shows that you can have a Covid-secure approach that doesn’t make things absurdly awful for new mothers: midwives still did home visits, partners still allowed on antenatal and postnatal wards etc.

Really good @AVMikhailova is campaigning on this: it’s not about making things all precious and perfect for fussy mums but ensuring that they have the best chance of bonding with baby, looking after their own (often v precarious) mental health and recovering well from labour.