Understanding how COVID-19 affected black pregnant women early in the pandemic: A cross-sectional survey.

Objective: Previous research has shown that the COVID-19 pandemic significantly increased anxiety among pregnant women, and at the same time, COVID-19 has disproportionately affected communities of color in the United States. We sought to understand how self-identied Black pregnant women in the United States were affected in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Design: Cross-sectional, online survey distributed via social media SETTING: Online PARTICIPANTS: Non-probability, convenience sample of self-identified Black pregnant women in the United States between April 3 and 24, 2020 who responded to an online inquiry seeking women who were pregnant at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 and Decision-Making for Pregnant Women: Taking or Relinquishing Control in Response to a Pandemic.

COVID-19 has uniquely impacted pregnant women. From the initial unknowns about its virulence during pregnancy, to frequent and rapidly changing hospital guidelines for prenatal care and delivery, pregnant women have felt intense uncertainty and, based on recent research, increased anxiety. This study sought to determine the impact COVID-19 had on women's birth plans.

The impact of COVID-19 on prenatal care in the United States: Qualitative analysis from a survey of 2519 pregnant women.

Objective: To explore if and how women perceived their prenatal care to have changed as a result of COVID-19 and the impact of those changes on pregnant women.

Design: Qualitative analysis of open-ended prompts included as part of an anonymous, online, cross-sectional survey of pregnant women in the United States.

Setting: Online survey with participants from 47 states within the U.