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Giving Birth Amid a Global Pandemic

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This afternoon, our President announced that the federal guidelines for social distancing are being extended through the end of April.  With a baby on the way, due at the end of May but with the expectation that he is probably going to be ready a little bit early, it is becoming more and more likely that we will be bringing him into this world amid the craziness that is our reality right now.  Although it's something I've been thinking about for the last several weeks, today it seems to have really hit me. In our state, we were issued a "Stay at Home" order last week that is currently in effect until April 8th, but after today's presidential briefing I won't be surprised if that gets extended.  I am fortunate that I mostly work from home anyways, and can continue to do so full time for the time being.  But we have had questions of whether or not our crews can continue to work out in the field.  If they can no longer work, will there continue to be wor