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We spoke to three new mothers about giving birth and caring for their new child during a pandemic.

Here are their stories.

Brooke Young Russell is in New York City. She had her son on 12 April, and had to wear a mask while giving birth to him as she was right next to coronavirus patients in the hospital.

She was initially told that her partner couldn't be with her for the birth, but then thousands signed a petition to get the hospital to reverse its decision, which it did.

"My mom hasn't met my son yet and that is traumatising for me... my family's absence feels so much stronger now because there's no way that they can be here. The fact that my mother hasn't been able to hold her grandson yet just kills me every time."

Salma Ishaq is in London. She gave birth on 10 March, at 27 weeks. Her baby is in hospital and, before lockdown, she and her husband could visit the neonatal unit 24 hours a day.

"When the lockdown came in, the hospital policies changed. In the unit I'm in, dads are not able to visit at all and mums only for two hours.

"Twice he's had to be resuscitated and having to go in by yourself, without your husband being allowed, and going and seeing your baby in an incubator, having the ventilator... I'd kind of gone into this survival mode. Now that it's been two months I've started to process it a bit more."

Vicky Kavanagh is in Dublin, and gave birth in January.

"We live very near to my in-laws and we're very lucky - they're very involved in our lives. They were able to spend a bit of time with their granddaughter before everything kicked in."

"I always think of all the things she's missing out on. The closeness she should have had with her grandparents.

"There's this whole chapter of her life that only me and her father have witnessed and it's been very isolating for the three of us going through that."

You can listen to the full story here.