(NBC NEWS) – Blizzards and long power outages are often said to trigger baby booms. Many believed that COVID-19 stay-at-home orders would do the same, but some researchers predict we might see the exact opposite. She and her husband ben had hoped to deliver little Abby a sister or brother fairly soon, but when the pandemic hit, it changed everything. Eliana Dockterman recently wrote about the expected baby boom turned bust for Time magazine. Ad“There simply is just not enough childcare available, schools are closed, and so somebody has to take care of the kids,” she notes.