We had missed the window for having children and reconciled ourselves to growing old together as a childless couple. My question had nagged at her until she dug an old home-pregnancy test out of the bathroom closet. Being pregnant during the pandemic meant worrying that there wouldn't be a hospital room at all when the time came, but the line held. I began fatherhood as I meant to go forward, and living together is the point. Having a newborn in a pandemic means you never go out or see anybody; in some ways the two parts cancel each other out.