Lindsey Neary (she/her) is the Director of Growth Marketing for the Union for Reform Judaism and a URJ Camp Harlam alum. Lindsey lives in Delaware with her husband and son.
When I found out I was pregnant, my mind was immediately filled with questions and plans. When my son Logan was born at 34 weeks, many of those plans quickly changed.
When we began writing this piece, we realized just how similar our experiences were as women who became first-time mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic. We gave birth a week apart, both via C-section, and both of our sons were premature.