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‘Oh, COVID baby’: New mums, midwives deliver verdicts on regional ‘baby boom’, demographers not so sure
In January last year, before Australia had its first COVID-19 lockdown, Longreach Hospital was buzzing as its revamped maternity unit welcomed four babies.
Key points:
- Longreach has welcomed five times its usual number of January babies
- At Buderim, obstetricians are expecting a big increase in deliveries next month
- Demographers say it will be months before a COVID-19 baby boom can be confirmed
In the first six weeks of this year a whopping 20 babies have been born there, and midwife Meri Howden says the unit is alive with celebrations.
“Oh, it definitely feels like there’s a big boom,” she said.
“There’s lots of laughing going on.”
Ms Howden’s not alone in thinking something’s afoot. Hospital…
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