Queensland doctors have noticed a mini baby boom in the past couple of months they believe may have come out of the state’s pandemic lockdown. 

Gold Coast GP Dr Sonu Haikerwal says she has recently seen around 15 pregnancies coming through her practice, an intimacy uptick she’s putting down to the COVID-19 isolation period. 

“We have seen noticeably more pregnancies than we would see normally,” she tells 6minutes.

The owner of the Upper Coomera Haan Health, Dr Haikerwal says the period of isolation in March and April may have given people more time to spend with their families and discuss whether or not they’d like another child.