Pregnant women should choose a back-up birthing partner in case their first choice is forced to isolate because of coronavirus, experts have said.
In the past few weeks, health boards across the country have announced only one birthing partner will be allowed to accompany women in labour in a bid to reduce the spread of the virus.
But if that partner starts to show symptoms of the virus, somebody else may need to stand in. "We are recommending that women should have one birthing partner with them throughout labour and birth,” director for Scotland of the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Dr Mary Ross-Davie said. For live updates throughout the day on the coronavirus pandemic visit our liveblog. "But if they have symptoms of the virus,
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