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A caucasian man with brown hair in a white medial mask holding a baby wrapped in white blankets

Born during the pandemic

My husband holding our newborn son for the first time. Our baby was born 2 weeks into Canberra’s lockdown and it was a bittersweet time. No visitors allowed, and his grandparents saw him only online for 10 weeks.

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