Angiee Kirkland had her son Archie Monaghan on Thursday, March 12, a week before the coronavirus restrictions came into place and three weeks before he was due.

"I went into labour at 34 weeks and was hospital for three weeks before I had my son at 37 weeks so he was three weeks early," she said.

Due to going into premature labour, Angiee was forced to have her birth at Nepean Hospital and was only allowed one visitor.

"I have been unable to share my son with my family and friends...his grandparents weren't allowed to see him the day he was born," she said.

"Isolation has been hard, my family haven't been able to visit, so they haven't met their grandson and nephew."

This isn't Angiee's first child, but the birthing experience was completely different to her previous births.

"It has been a lot different due to worrying about taking him to the doctors and people being around him and not knowing if they're sick," she said.

"Just trying to home school my two other children while having a newborn as well just after I had a c-section, so I was unable to have the family support like I did with my other children."

Positives that Angiee has seen from these circumstances are that everyone has been weary.

"Everyone is appreciative of the time we have outside and with our family and friends,"

One thing that can get new mothers through tough times is speaking with people who have gone through similar situations.

"I have talked to a few new mothers that I was in hospital with, but I don't do any parental classes," she said.

With pregnancy and breastfeeding classes moving online during COVID-19, many mothers have been taking advantage of the situation.

"Unfortunately I couldn't breastfeed due to my son having a tongue tie but I definitely think the new online education sessions is a brilliant idea because there are so many women out there who stress about breastfeeding and get nervous about it," she said.

Overall Angiee said she was just sad that her family have had to miss out on so much of her son in the last few months.

"Especially my parents and siblings," she said.

This story is part of an on-going series where we look at how different Mothers have been dealing with the coronavirus pandemic while pregnant or with a newborn baby.