Instead of a pandemic baby boom like some experts predicted, new data shows there was a pandemic baby bust.

The Centers for Disease Control reported a 4% decline in the national birth rate last year, and the lowest number of total births since 1979.

KSHB talked to Dr. Lori Kramer, OB-GYN at Saint Luke's North Hospital, about how many women are waiting to have children later in life.

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