Babies are born for a war. " Periods don't stop for a war", said the European regional director of the International Planned Parenthood Foundation.
The UN estimates that 80,000 women will give birth in Ukraine over the next three months because of the war.
Dr. Galyna Maistruk, a women's health and family planning doctor who lives in Kyiv, said that women are giving birth in great shock.
Dr. Maistruk said we need supplies not just sanctions. I know it is possible to transfer money, but we can not use it because the pharmacies are empty.
We need some very serious government from Europe to organize a system of shipping, logistics, and transfer of emergency kits, which include medications, equipment, and also food for the population.
Mariupol, Kharkiv, and Zhytomyr are some of the centers that are being bombed.
Dr. Maistruk said that he couldn't imagine it even in bad dreams.
Most of the team at the hospital have been in the hospital since the beginning of the war, according to Dmytro Govseyev.
The only difference is that labour that normally takes about 10 to 15 hours starts and then there may be an air raid alert and the women need to move to the shelter.
Thousands of additional families will be forcibly displaced, dramatically escalating the scale of the already dire humanitarian situation, and increasing the risk of sexual violence and exploitation, according to Catherine Russell, the Executive Director of the UNICEF.
The Humanitarian Director at International Planned Parenthood Federation told Insider that they don't have hard data about Ukraine.
She said that she was working to make sure that patients have access to clinical post-rape services that include treatment for any physical harm and emergency contraception.
We know that this is an increased risk for women during this time. They are separated from their families. They are in makeshift shelters. The fabric of their community support starts to break down when they are exposed to the elements, often staying in bunkers with strangers in different places.
Vulnerable women escaping Ukraine often seek refuge in countries with less liberal abortion laws.
If women are in Poland for a long time, they will face the same issues as Polish women, which have a complete ban on abortion.
If a person needs an abortion, the first port of call is to have them receive abortion pills through a service such as Women on Web.
Women in Ukraine are forced to give birth in underground bomb shelters, with new life brought into the world by the sound of bomb blasts.
I took yoga classes and courses while I was pregnant. Viktoria, who gave birth on February 25, told The Guardian that it wasn't like this.
She told the newspaper that as she holds her newborn son, she wakes up a bit earlier just to look at him sleep, while also looking to see if any nearby buildings have been destroyed.
I hope my son will never experience what it is like to be in a war in real life. She said she didn't want him to know real war.
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