Fetal Care, Labor and Delivery During COVID-19

We’ve enacted multiple measures to keep patients, families, team members and our community safe. This has included adjusting our visitation guidelines. Additionally, all patients, visitors, providers and team members who come to Children’s Colorado receive screening before they can enter the hospital, including at the Colorado Fetal Care Center entrance.

Our clinical team members are wearing additional personal protective equipment (PPE), and all team members in non-clinical areas, family members and visitors are required to wear appropriate face coverings while visiting our facilities.

Parking is available 24/7 in the Lot 10 parking garage just east of the main entrance to Children’s Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora. Take your parking slip with you. Parking is free; the team member at the Colorado Fetal Care Center information desk will validate your ticket.

Get directions to the Colorado Fetal Care Center. 

The Colorado Fetal Care Center has a separate entrance on the east side of the hospital. When you enter, you will receive screening for symptoms of COVID-19. Then, take the elevator to the 4th floor where a team member will greet you.

Our care coordinators will reach out to you directly if your scheduled appointments change in any way.

For your safety during this time, visitors are limited. See our visitation guidelines for the latest information as our policies change throughout the coronavirus pandemic. If you have specific questions about visitors, please call us at 720-777-4463. Our waiting rooms, cafeteria and other common spaces are open for your visitors when they’re not in your room with you.

Yes. Children’s Colorado is testing all patients for COVID-19 prior to admission and medical procedures using our in-house laboratory.

We will test you for COVID-19 before your delivery. We’ll explain everything to you throughout your time with us and will be happy to answer any questions.

Read our visitation guidelines for the latest information about visitors. Your visitors are welcome to use our common spaces while waiting to visit, like the cafeteria and our waiting room.

If you have confirmed or suspected COVID-19, your care team will explain the most up-to-date recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and take the safest course of action to protect you.

Our primary concern for new moms with COVID-19 is that you could pass the virus to your child through respiratory droplets. We will take all possible precautions until the risk of passing COVID-19 to your child is over. These precautions are evolving as we learn more about the coronavirus; we do ask you to wear a face covering.

We understand these precautions may be distressing, especially as new parents. Our team members will work hard to normalize your experience while keeping you and your infant safe.

If your COVID-19 test before birth was negative, we will not test your baby at birth.

For mothers with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, we will test your newborn after delivery.

Pregnant moms and their family members should be diligent about social distancing and wearing face coverings. By following all preventive measures against the coronavirus, you’re protecting yourself and your baby from potential exposure to the coronavirus.

Reference the CDC’s guidelines for pregnant people during the COVID-19 pandemic for complete and current recommendations.

You should continue taking precautions when your baby is born. Learn what we know about how COVID-19 affects babies.

This syndrome has been named multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C. We understand that news reports about MIS-C are concerning to parents and expecting parents alike. Our pediatric experts are closely monitoring the situation.

Generally, COVID-19 in kids has been relatively mild. This inflammatory syndrome potentially associated with the coronavirus is very rare, treatments have been successful, and parents should not panic. 

Doctors across the globe – including experts here at Children's Colorado – are working hard to understand this inflammatory syndrome and how best to treat it. Learn what our experts know about MIS-C.

It is not necessary to switch to formula if you have COVID-19.

There is much we have yet to learn about COVID-19 and breastfeeding; however, both the CDC and the American Academy of Pediatrics recommend that mothers continue to breastfeed during this time. Research suggests that breast milk is not likely to spread the virus to babies. Breast milk provides vital antibodies to your baby, which helps protect them against all types of infections.

The biggest concern with COVID-19 is that you could pass the infection to your baby through respiratory droplets. We recommend that new mothers with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 take the following precautions:

• Be sure to wash your hands and clean and disinfect your home frequently.
• Continue to plan to breastfeed your baby based on their hunger and feeding cues.
• Prior to each breastfeeding session, wash your hands, put on a face mask (new or freshly laundered, if possible) and then put your baby to breast.
• If you are temporarily separated from your newborn and you want to breastfeed, your providers can help you use a breast pump to express your breast milk. Wash your hands thoroughly and wear a face mask before using the pump. A healthy caregiver can feed the breast milk to your baby.
• If you’re using a manual or electric breast pump, wash your hands before touching the pump or bottle parts and follow recommendations for proper pump cleaning after each use (below).

We recommend taking a few additional precautions when cleaning your breast pump during the coronavirus pandemic. Perform the following steps to clean your pump between uses:

• Before use, wipe the outside of the pump with a germ-killing wipe.
• Wash the pump immediately after pumping using warm water and soap.
• Sanitize your pump kit (without the tubing, which will melt) at least once per day using the one of the following methods:
  • Microwave steam bag (good for 20 uses)
  • By boiling it in a pot of water on the stove for 10 minutes