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Queensland couples who spent much of 2020 in lockdown or working from home have brought forward plans to start a family, with experts reporting a boom in demand for IVF and pregnancy support.
But the shift in priorities has led to some challenges, with a critical shortage of donor sperm and eggs for couples in need, and many women navigating unexpected hospital birth restrictions, including limits on the number of people who can support them during labour.
Pregnancy during a pandemic can be stressful but many Queenslanders have opted to start a family in 2020 and 2021.
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Lauren Williams, the clinical director of midwifery at private maternity group Hatch, said the south Brisbane service, which works with the Mater Hospital, recorded a lull in bookings that corresponded with the first months of 2020, when uncertainty about the growing pandemic was rife.