Lifestyle by Anton Nilsson Premium Content Subscriber only Australian health officials expect a baby boom in Victoria as a result of the state’s second-wave lockdown. Despite the social distancing requirements of the coronavirus age, Victorians clearly got intimate during the 16-week lockdown last year. “I only know the statistics from Victoria, but I know there is a baby boom coming,” federal chief nursing and midwifery officer Alison McMillan told NCA NewsWire. “There‘s going to be a big boom in babies, particularly from the second-wave lockdown in Victoria. “The maternity wards are already (bracing for it),” she continued. Federal chief nursing and midwifery officer Alison McMillan predicted a Victorian lockdown baby boom.