Corona hospital visit

I’d keep it to window visits for now instead of baby visits.
Your little one will have almost no immunity right after birth. I wouldn’t risk it.
Really sad, but I wouldn’t let anyone in for visits until it’s clear what the consequences of easing the measures are. What if it turns out the virus starts infecting more people again? And only if it turns out that the measures don’t lead to a surge again would I allow visits, starting with people dear to me like close family and best friends. But still at 1.5 meters and definitely not holding the baby yet.

It’s clear by now that the virus is generally not that dangerous for 0-17 year olds (with exceptions aside). Plus: whether there’s a second wave or not, it’s still going to take a while. I’d take those two facts into account when making your choice.

With the visit, I’d certainly not take too many risks, but I think I look at it more freely than the first reaction. How big is the risk, for example, that grandma and grandpa catch it in their daily lives? If they don’t work or work from home, that’s very manageable and they might be able to come by occasionally. And what about brothers and sisters?

Beyond that, I wouldn’t go any further, because the bigger the group of people, the greater the risk for grandma and grandpa (who, due to their age, often face a higher risk). And the rest won’t miss it that much anyway.

I would think about it: if you prefer to keep your distance, how long do you want to maintain that? If you don’t want them involved right away, you can offer perspective and give them something to look forward to. And by then, it’ll be easier to return to some contact; otherwise, you might keep putting it off. Keep in mind it could take years, and you can’t keep him/her inside forever.
Anyway, no one will be angry about your choice! So do what feels best for you.

I was due in August and will take another critical look by then. But here’s how I see it now:
We’ve chosen to allow grandma and grandpa in (they don’t work/work from home). We’ll make sure they wash their hands well, but they’re allowed to hold him. Brothers/sisters only if they haven’t been to work for at least 2 weeks and have been careful (in practice, this means my sister is coming because she really wants to see him, but my husband’s brother isn’t). The rest aren’t coming in. I’m also keeping my still-living grandmas at a distance, but that’s because they’re around 90.

After 3 months, grandma and grandpa have to choose. They would babysit for 2 days and he’d be at daycare for 2 days. Both seems irresponsible for them, so we each work 1 extra day from home. It’s up to them whether these are their babysitting days or the daycare days.

I’d most like to protect him from everything, just like in the reaction above. My dearest little one . But that’s not possible. You have to do your best, but protecting him from everything isn’t realistic in my opinion. And for us, the relatively low risk for babies plays a big role. Otherwise, no one would come, even if I had to stop working!

Where are you leaning now? Good luck with the choice anyway!!

Currently, I would keep it as a window visit, but that's just my personal opinion.

Yes, and it's already proven that people who are vaccinated against pertussis have a lower chance of getting infected. And my little one hasn't had it yet.
My son just happened to get it recently, and then the CJG started talking about it.

Everyone has their own view on the whole Corona situation, so you should naturally do what feels right for you.
But we live in one of the hardest-hit municipalities in Belgium, so caution is really important here, especially since I work in a contact-heavy job. We just follow the rules that have been imposed on us so that we don't get anyone else sick (apparently, you can have it even without symptoms).

Both of my parents have had corona, and it really shocked me how severely the illness can affect people.
My mom is only 60 but suffered a lot—three weeks of high fever and couldn’t get out of bed (she had trouble breathing).
I gave birth two months ago. Our parents, brothers, and sisters are allowed to visit, but they’re not allowed to hold our little boy. We’re also keeping the 1.5-meter distance.
My partner’s parents chose not to come over yet. It breaks their hearts not to see our newborn son (and older sister) in person for two months, but they’re already in their 70s and are afraid of corona.
Otherwise, we still don’t want any postpartum visitors. The health of my kids comes first!