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The pandemic has put our dreams of another baby on hold

DURING A QUARANTINE OUTING TO OUR LOCAL PARK THIS week, my toddler son ran around kicking his big red ball. I watched him chase after it and then collect treasures to share with his Elmo doll sitting in the stroller. And I yearned for him to have a playmate. Not just any playmate—a sibling.

Many of my friends told me they felt a switch flip when their

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