Get the Apps My experience having a baby in the middle of the pandemic Article by February 28, 2021 If you had asked me in December 2019 what my plans were for 2020, you would have gotten a very simple and straightforward answer. My husband and I were expecting our first child, we were going to have a small baby shower, a nice simple christening, and I would be back out to work after maternity leave, and baby would be starting at nursery by four months at the latest. We had it all planned, down to touring a nursery near to my workplace and collecting all the relevant forms.