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BABIES! So many COVID-induced lockdown babies! I've had so many people, many who were either done with having children, and those who weren't planning to for a

BABIES! So many COVID-induced lockdown babies! I've had so many people, many who were either done with having children, and those who weren't planning to for a while yet, announce their pregnancies. Wonder if there are any companies I can invest in to cash in on this?

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bawolff 6y ago
That doesnt really seem to be the case so far https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/canada-s-population-growth-essentially-stopped-from-july-to-october-due-to-covid-19-statcan-1.5238167 https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/canada-s-population-gro... maybe when its all over we will have a baby boom with everyone being happy.
- hyperman1 6y ago
  Atleast in Belgium, a mini baby boom is already a fact https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2020/12/29/tot-500-baby-s-meer-verwacht-volgend-jaar-in-sint-augustinus-in/ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2020/12/29/tot-500-baby-s-meer-...
alexchamberlain 6y ago
I had my first during the first UK lockdown (ie planned before COVID). Tbh, I thought it'd go the opposite way - I wouldn't recommend having a baby during lockouts. You have to ask family to break rules just to get some occasional rest bite and we've had very little in the way of government or community support - my wife goes to 1 baby class a week, with reduced capacity, social distancing and masks. Being a father is great, but it would have been nice to start outside a pandemic.
- parenthesis 6y ago
  `Rest bite' is a great eggcorn.
dan-robertson 6y ago
I suspect this is a situation where you’re likely to have a lot of sampling bias. Lockdown has been really shit for a lot of people and I would guess that the lack of financial stability or any kind of predictability would put people off. The question is whether this is counteracted by the better off people whose pandemic experience has been more encouraging.
lexandstuff 6y ago
Interesting. I predict the exact opposite: birth rates will decline dramatically. I'm not alone in that prediction. According to this article, birth rates have already started to decline in the US: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/11/covid-19-pandemic-births-baby-bust/617149/ https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/11/covid-19-...
- sgt 6y ago
  I have never heard of so many babies on the way as now. Heck, even I had a son born in November (so not technically a lockdown baby).
  - shwoopdiwoop 6y ago
    > even I had a son Baader-Meinhof phenomenon got you good!
learnstats2 6y ago
This has been a theme since the start of the first lockdown, but surely humans in general would seek to avoid having babies during a pandemic?
- tathougies 6y ago
  Why would anyone do that?
mszcz 6y ago
I wonder if the fact of making babies by couples in lockdown will not be offset by singles in lockdown unable to go out and meet people for baby-making purposes.
ericb 6y ago
I would think the opposite. What's the long-term effect on births when the dating world shuts down for 6-9 months? I'm not single though, so I do wonder how much it shut down and was affected by lockdowns?

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bawolff 6y ago

That doesnt really seem to be the case so far https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/canada-s-population-growth-essentially-stopped-from-july-to-october-due-to-covid-19-statcan-1.5238167 https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/canada-s-population-gro... maybe when its all over we will have a baby boom with everyone being happy.

hyperman1 6y ago
Atleast in Belgium, a mini baby boom is already a fact https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2020/12/29/tot-500-baby-s-meer-verwacht-volgend-jaar-in-sint-augustinus-in/ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2020/12/29/tot-500-baby-s-meer-...

alexchamberlain 6y ago

I had my first during the first UK lockdown (ie planned before COVID). Tbh, I thought it'd go the opposite way - I wouldn't recommend having a baby during lockouts. You have to ask family to break rules just to get some occasional rest bite and we've had very little in the way of government or community support - my wife goes to 1 baby class a week, with reduced capacity, social distancing and masks. Being a father is great, but it would have been nice to start outside a pandemic.

parenthesis 6y ago
`Rest bite' is a great eggcorn.

dan-robertson 6y ago

I suspect this is a situation where you’re likely to have a lot of sampling bias. Lockdown has been really shit for a lot of people and I would guess that the lack of financial stability or any kind of predictability would put people off. The question is whether this is counteracted by the better off people whose pandemic experience has been more encouraging.

lexandstuff 6y ago

Interesting. I predict the exact opposite: birth rates will decline dramatically. I'm not alone in that prediction. According to this article, birth rates have already started to decline in the US: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/11/covid-19-pandemic-births-baby-bust/617149/ https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/11/covid-19-...

sgt 6y ago
I have never heard of so many babies on the way as now. Heck, even I had a son born in November (so not technically a lockdown baby).
- shwoopdiwoop 6y ago
  > even I had a son Baader-Meinhof phenomenon got you good!

learnstats2 6y ago

This has been a theme since the start of the first lockdown, but surely humans in general would seek to avoid having babies during a pandemic?

tathougies 6y ago
Why would anyone do that?

mszcz 6y ago

I wonder if the fact of making babies by couples in lockdown will not be offset by singles in lockdown unable to go out and meet people for baby-making purposes.

ericb 6y ago

I would think the opposite. What's the long-term effect on births when the dating world shuts down for 6-9 months? I'm not single though, so I do wonder how much it shut down and was affected by lockdowns?