On Monday, a woman in Greece who tested positive for COVID-19 while pregnant, gave birth to a healthy baby who tested negative for the virus. And this is the second case in Greece of a baby being born to a mother with the coronavirus testing negative for the virus. This is such great news! Of course it's great news for these particular mothers and their babies, but it's also great news for pregnant women in general because it implies … well, we're not doctors so what we have to say about what this implies doesn't matter, but the director of maternity at Attikon Hospital–where both of the babies were born–said, "The virus is not transmitted by the placenta." Such great news we want to share it far and wide!
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Ever since we first heard about the new coronavirus, we've been keeping an eye out for information about how it affects pregnant women and their babies. The fear being that if a pregnant woman contracts COVID-19, she could pass it along to her fetus. There have been some small studies that have shown that coronavirus-infected mothers who delivered via C-section did not pass the virus on to their newborns. This good news from Greece adds to the body of evidence that a mother with COVID-19 can have a baby that does not test positive for the virus. Keep reading to see the info we've gathered so far.