Abstract

The Covid-19 epidemic directly affects reproductive and postnatal health through illness but also indirectly affects reproduction and perinatal healthcare via changes in healthcare delivery, socialist programs, and socioeconomic situations. COVID-19’s direct and indirect effects on maternity care are inextricably linked. To examine this critical subject, the scope of this research has been limited. Pregnant women with symptomatic COVID-19 may have more severe consequences than non-pregnant women. Internal transfer and transmission from mother to baby through breastfeeding are improbable during labor and delivery. Contrary to popular belief, the procedures used to monitor COVID-19-positive individuals throughout labor, delivery, and breastfeeding differ. Prenatal care appointments have decreased, the public health system has grown overloaded, and possibly destructive policies are being undertaken in low – and high nations without supporting facts. As per World Health, COVID-19 has a significant social and economic effect on maternal health. Several nations have reported a high prevalence of father mental health disorders, such as severe depression and anxiety, during the pandemic. This certainly indicates an increase in worries, despite little evidence indicating a significant shift in this direction. Domestic violence seems to be increasing in occurrence. Following the epidemic, working moms saw more difficulties than their male colleagues in completing their increased childcare duties. As a result, more money for epidemiologic research should be provided, health and community assistance should not be decreased; and greater attention should be paid to maternity care throughout the pandemic.

Keywords: Mental health, COVId-19, prenatal care, postnatal care, C-section.

Introduction

The term “maternal health” refers to the health and well-being of a woman during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postmortem period. Each stage should be a positive experience, ensuring that women and their unborn children achieve their maximum potential for health and well-being; however, this was not the case during the COVID-19 outbreak. Maternal health is directly affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, which is connected to the interaction between maternity care and illness. After being discovered in Wuhan, China, towards the end of 2019, the COVID-19 virus spread quickly over the globe, infecting millions of people in the process. As a result of the disease’s serious health effects on men rather than women, there is a major worry that the disease will hugely disproportionately burden women in both an economic and social sense if the virus occurs. While data on intimate relations and acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus mortality recommends that the disease has much more severe health results for males than females, the disease’s social and economic consequences for women are not well understood. Another question of considerable relevance is whether pregnant women are more vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infections or suffer more severe sickness outcomes due to these illnesses.

Aside from direct transmission, the impact of the infection and global epidemic tactics on the healthcare system, society, and the world economy may impact maternal and baby health and the overall health of the population. Especially sensitive to concerns such as domestic abuse, expectant mothers and new moms are a particular demographic with specific physical and mental healthcare demands. They are also a particularly vulnerable population to sexual assault. After everything is said and done, the COVID-19 pandemic will probably have a context-specific effect that will change based on several country-specific circumstances.

Studies published before or shortly after policies are established may not include all of the most important findings, and published studies before or shortly after regulations are enacted may only include some of the most important findings. The intention of this needs assessment is to synthesize scientific literature on both the direct consequences of contracting COVID-19 while giving birth and the unintended effects of the flu epidemic on pregnant mothers while also taking into account the numerous ways in which consolidation and prevention proposed measures have disrupted pregnant women’s and mothers’ daily lives. The literature was evaluated for the direct repercussions of COVID-19 infection during childbirth and the indirect effects of the communicable illness on pregnant women and mothers.

Method

This scoping review used Arksey and O’Malley’s approach for mapping the current study on the indirect effects of Coronavirus on maternity care, comprising the following steps.

1. Pertinent Sorts of Ev