'Things usually roll off me pretty well. But when I realized I wasn’t going to be able to go to the hospital for the birth, that was the most upset I’ve been throughout this entire thing.'
Photo: Getty Images When Jarrod and his wife, Amelia, decided they were ready to have kids, they knew things were going to be a bit complicated. Jarrod has cystic fibrosis, a genetic disease that results in an excess of mucus in the lungs. Unlike many people with CF, Jarrod’s never been hospitalized for a lung infection. But in his case, it does mean that he’s infertile. To conceive their first child, Henry, Jarrod and Amelia used an old friend as a sperm donor.
It actually didn’t occur to me at first. I have an incredibly quote-unquote light case of cystic fibrosis. I’ve never been hospitalized with a lung infection, and a lung transplant is not something that’s going to happen in my life. So far, my CF doctor has said that I don’t need to do anything beyond what other people are doing in terms of quarantining, but that if I do start to show any symptoms, to call them immediately and they’ll take it very seriously.
We had a doula for Henry’s birth, and we were planning to use her again. But she was pregnant too, due a month after us, and about a week or two before the baby was born, she called us and was like, “Yeah, my doctor and my family think that I shouldn’t go into a hospital right now.” But she had a backup doula, who was amazing, and was there with Amelia through the birth, and for a long time after the baby was born.
We were in touch by phone for the rest of the day. They started the Pitocin, and by and large, her labor was much easier this time around. Henry and I FaceTimed her a couple of times, and she said her pain wasn’t too bad, and she got some sleep that night. The next day was Easter, and we talked about 11 a.m., and by that point, she was like, “This is getting really intense, and I’m thinking about getting an epidural now.
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