Ensuring pregnant women know the risk COVID-19 presents to them is "extremely small" has become a key part of prenatal planning at Albury Wodonga Health.
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Perinatal emotional health clinician Kerry Dolan, speaking in the health service's second episode of a new podcast series, said the issue added to stress for parents.
"Since we've known about the COVID-19, most women have started to feel a great sense of anxiety and concern about their health, and the health of their unborn babies," she said.
"Pregnant women are considered to be a vulnerable group, but they don't appear to get more severely unwell if they get a COVID-19 infection.
"There's no evidence that there's an increased risk to your pregnancy or an increased risk of miscarriage.
"We do believe that there is a transition, sometimes between mums and babies, but there's not been any increase in any problems for the babies or any birth defects."
Restrictions of one approved visitor have meant AWH has stepped up efforts to give WiFi access for virtual support.
Ms Dolan said most parents experienced baby blues.
"What we say is if it's persisting for more than two weeks, that's when you should ask for help," she said.
"And it's some things like feeling sad, not enjoying your life, not enjoying your baby, feeling anxiety, feeling your anxiety's stopping you from doing things that you might want to - one of the mums I was talking to recently just had been feeling so anxious about the COVID that she didn't want to go for walks."
Jenny Ahrens of the Families with a Parent with a Mental Illness said there were programs at AWH and elsewhere, like SMS for Dads, that could help.
"We know that around like one in 10 antenatal women can get anxiety or depression - one in seven after their babies are born.
"But probably about one in 10 to one in 20 dads also get antenatal or postnatal anxiety or depression.
"There's a very strong urge to be the provider and you know be back at work and making sure that you've got the money coming in.
"A lot of people I'm talking to - their partners are suddenly off work at the moment, or have lost their jobs after being excellent providers, and you know are off work for no fault of their own.
"Bear in mind that this will change. We're not stuck like this forever."
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Some services such as select antenatal classes have moved to a telehealth format, but midwives at Albury Wodonga Health remain available for calls for 24/7 for women past the 20-week mark.
Perinatal emotional health programs run in Wodonga for expectant parents and for up to the first 12 months of parenthood.
- Four podcasts will be released weekly on the AWH website.