If you have a child who was born in 2021 then you claim your child as a dependent on your 2021 tax return. You never enter anything about pregnancy on a tax return. You will need your child's Social Security number, and you will enter the child as a dependent in My Info. When it asks how long your child lived with you, you need to say the WHOLE YEAR for a newborn, and make sure when it asks if your child paid for over half his own support you say NO to that question.
The software will add the child-related credits for which you are eligible. Make sure you look at the recovery rebate credit to get the 3rd stimulus check. The software will put in the child tax credit and --if you qualify-- earned income credit.
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