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Transgender dad births COVID baby in Queensland, breaking medical history twice
A transgender father who has just given birth to a baby has made medical history twice, but not for the reason you’d expect.
Maaike van Eijk, a trans man from Queensland, contracted COVID-19 from his partner when he was nine months pregnant. When he gave birth to his baby in March, he was the first Western person to have a child with COVID-19.
Mr van Eijk was also the first person who didn’t need medical assistance during the COVID birth — coronavirus has since been found to give…
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