The boom took a while to get going because many families lost income at the outset of the pandemic, and there was significant uncertainty about how the virus behaved and how it might affect childbirth.
Just as shore restaurants and shops prepare for summer crowds, hospitals and other medical-care facilities along New Jersey's coast have to make sure they're ready to handle the annual influx of summer visitors.
A study out of Seattle showed emergency admissions at six large hospitals in that city's metro area dropped between 10 and 20% from February through March, and hospital systems in New Jersey are seeing the same trend.