Some pregnant celebrities admit that the pandemic leads them to an anxiety, while some others are uneasy for not being able to go through medical checkup and even delivery process with their partners.
- September 13, 2020
AceShowbiz - America Ferrera, who gave birth to her and husband Ryan Piers Williams' second child named Lucia Marisol Williams on May 4, admitted that being pregnant amid the pandemic was challenging. During an interview with Katie Lowes on her iHeartRadio podcast "Katie's Crib", the "Superstore" star shared how she couldn't help but be anxious prior to giving birth.
"There's the anxiety about the virus itself, which is like you don't want to get sick, you don't want your children to get sick, you don't want your newborn baby to get sick," she shared. "I try to stay away from the news cycle because I think you can drive yourself absolutely insane…I just know I have to put up my filters because I don't have the emotional capacity to let that in."
She also noted that the overwhelming information about COVID-19 further made her uneasy. "For me, I could feel my heart rate, my anxiety and my blood pressure go up. And also not being able to close my eyes and go to sleep at night because I'm sitting there with all these news stories swirling in my head," she continued. "And just realizing early on I had to be very disciplined about what I let in because it just doesn't serve you, especially in a time where you just don't need that added stress when you're pregnant."
