Baby Rocco, pictured above aged eight months, was born at home in Newport on May 31, weighing 8lbs 9ozs and dad Mathew Grace ended up delivering him! Mum Chantelle said: It was a strange and fairly stressful time to be pregnant and due during the first lockdown, even with it being our fourth baby.
Scroll through our latest gallery of baby pictures above. Chantelle continued: I was due on May 20 and ended up being 11 days overdue, so I went on lots of walks to try to help get things moving and I started getting contractions on May 31. I stayed at home with my husband, he put our children to bed and then helped me through my contractions. Finally I felt it was time to go to hospital, so my husband rang to tell them we would be leaving home shortly. My waters then went and I knew the baby was coming there and then, I managed to get on my bed and Mathew rang for an ambulance but he could see the head!
Canceled study abroad programs have required Washington students to reroute their post-college plans
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Hanna Fisher, Special to the Seattle P I
March 6, 2021
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many students had their study abroad programs canceled in 2020 and 2021, which required them to get creative and find a way to go abroad in the future without disrupting their graduation plans.
“I planned to go to Rome for fall quarter of this year and was extremely bummed when COVID hit and I realized that wouldn’t be possible,” said Emma Gagliardi, a University of Washington junior. “Studying abroad has been a dream of mine since I can remember, so realizing that it wasn’t going to happen has made me determined to plan a Europe trip after graduation.”