Rachel Bassett from The Centre Midwifery in Dubbo said the coronavirus had definitely caused women to consider the risk of exposure and explore other options.

Mrs Bassett said health care providers were doing the best they could to minimise the spread of coronavirus, but encourages women with low-risk pregnancies to consider homebirth as an option.

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"The benefit of receiving care through a private midwife includes the woman and her birth partner staying in the safety of their own home, and having one midwife visit the home, instead of being exposed to many people in a hospital setting," Mrs Bassett said.

"Homebirth for women with low-risk pregnancies is proven to be just as safe, if not safer than hospital birth, especially in the current times where the hospital resources are needed for unwell people. There are improved outcomes for mothers and babies who birth at home.

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"Birthing at home supports the intricate labour and birth hormones as feelings of comfort, safety, security, privacy and love are associated with the home environment. The main objective is to provide woman-centred care and support informed decision making whether it is a home-birth or hospital birth.

Mrs Bassett said current evidence shows that although pregnant women have a lowered immunity, they were not at a greater risk of contracting the virus. Babies are also not contracting COVID-19 while in utero.

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"For pregnant women who have tested positive to COVID-19, the virus has not been found in the amniotic fluid, or in the placenta. There is no evidence of increased risk of miscarriage due to COVID-19 and there is no evidence of increased risk of stillbirth due to COVID-19," she said.

"My advice for pregnant mothers would be not to panic, continue to follow the advice of regular hand hygiene, social distancing, self-isolation, and seek medical advice if experiencing any symptoms."

The Centre Midwifery is still offering midwifery care during the current pandemic.

Services have been adjusted to support social distancing guidelines such as hypnobirthing sessions are now being offered via Zoom.