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In this Tuesday, March 24, 2020, photo, Dr. Tanya Sorensen, a practicing maternal fetal medicine physician at Swedish Medical Center, and executive director for women's services, poses in Edmonds, Wash., north of Seattle. Several dozen expectant moms who had planned to give birth at the birth unit of the center will now have to go elsewhere because the facility is being repurposed to treat victims of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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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."