‘We’ve lost memories we dreamed we’d have’: How it feels giving birth in lockdown

It was 7am on a Sunday morning and pregnant Sian Lewis was standing on the pavement with a suitcase waving goodbye to her husband Geraint and two sons as they drove away, leaving her alone at the Wrexham Maelor hospital in north Wales. This wasn’t how the 38-year-old had imagined the birth of their third child – having to be induced early or going in without her birthing partner who was now only allowed to be present once active labour had begun.