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In this photo provided by Kelly McCarty, McCarty is shown with her husband, Bill, and their daughter Langley. Kelly McCarty is one of several dozen expectant Moms who had planned to give birth in the birthing center of Swedish Medical Center's facility in Edmonds, Wash., north of Seattle, but instead will go to an affiliated hospital in Everett, Wash., because the Edmonds birthing center is being repurposed to treat victims of the new coronavirus. (Bob Smith/Courtesy of Kelly McCarty via AP)

In this photo provided by Kelly McCarty, McCarty is shown with her husband, Bill, and their daughter Langley. Kelly McCarty is one of several dozen expectant Moms who had planned to give birth in the birthing center of Swedish Medical Center's facility in Edmonds, Wash., north of Seattle, but instead will go to an affiliated hospital in Everett, Wash., because the Edmonds birthing center is being repurposed to treat victims of the new coronavirus. (Bob Smith/Courtesy of Kell…

March 26, 2020

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SEATTLE (AP) — With her due date fast approaching, Kelly McCarty packed a bag with nursing tops, a robe, slippers and granola bars. Last week's ultrasound, she said, showed “this baby is head down and ready to go."