Aw, come on.... it's so *cool* to be the first baby of the new year! Perhaps they'll get a prize! A free year's supply of Pampers?? Maybe free formula?
I am floored, disgusted and shocked. Well, some people will go to any length for their 15 minutes of fame.
I knew a woman who was induced 4 weeks early because "I'm uncomfortable, and ready to get this guy out of me"
Nice, really nice.
I would love to see them (whoever THEY are that give a damn about this stuff) refuse to acknowledge cheaters like this. If I had a years supply of Pampers to award someone, or whatever... I wouldn't give it to these people. I would write the offer in such a way as to not exclude a C-birth that honesty just fell at that time but eliminate plotters like this in favor of spontaneous birth.
Well that is even worse than being induced just before midnight on Dec 31st for tax purposes.
What's the point of having the first baby of the year if ANYONE could just go and do it this way? I sure hope the mom who was trying for the first baby and ended up second is pissed.
I also hope someone gave birth at home even before the first c-sec baby and that it gets in the paper.
poor people, imagine how much they miss out on every day... its really sad
why does this article state that "most likely" the other birth was c-section? anyone happen to know if that birth was cs or v? YES, agreed here that the ignorant media could do itself & the rest of us great good by NOT spending time researching & writing about CRAP stories like this one.
"oh, more useless info, how cool." me - when i catch titles like that article's
It is also especially unsafe because it encourages doctors to work faster than usual and to compete with each other. The woman and child are the ones who pay when speed is the most important factor. I read in Birth as an American Rite of Passage that a certain doctor is very respected because he can perform a cesarean in 12 minutes, even though he has a horrendous complication rate.
Originally posted by kama'aina mama I would love to see them (whoever THEY are that give a damn about this stuff) refuse to acknowledge cheaters like this. If I had a years supply of Pampers to award someone, or whatever... I wouldn't give it to these people. I would write the offer in such a way as to not exclude a C-birth that honesty just fell at that time but eliminate plotters like this in favor of spontaneous birth.
Yeah, but how do you weed out the inductions, augmentations and planned cesareans nowdays? Geez, in the hospital, that makes up the majority of births.
On a positive note, my morning paper had a story this AM about the first baby born this year in Hawai'i. Born at 1:35am and she had been in labor since Monday. So Hurrah for a letting it happen naturally rather than turning it into a scalpel race and Hurrah for the staff at Queens Medical Center for not timing her out at 24 hours!
Originally posted by kama'aina mama On a positive note, my morning paper had a story this AM about the first baby born this year in Hawai'i. Born at 1:35am and she had been in labor since Monday. So Hurrah for a letting it happen naturally rather than turning it into a scalpel race and Hurrah for the staff at Queens Medical Center for not timing her out at 24 hours!
Horrible horrible horrible! The local paper had a story about the first baby of the year in our area, also born by c-section. WTF, is that the only way babies are born these days?
Is that stuff about the diapers and formula even true? Another friend told me that if you have the first baby of the year, your entire hospital bill is free. Like they would really do that.
Besides, it's easy to get free formula - just tell American Baby Magazine and Motherhood Maternity that you're exclusively breastfeeding on demand and they will send you a case!
In my town, you do get a bunch of prizes... diapers etc I suppose. I don't get the paper (our paper isn't worth paying for) so I don't know who won or anything.
If I won, it would probably be paper diapers, fake milk and a bunch of baby appliances to keep my child occupied so I wouldn't have to hold them!
If it restores anyone's faith in humanity, the L&D floor where I work had our city's New Year's baby born a few seconds after midnight and NOT a c/sec. Just happend to slide out a few seconds after midnight (and by all reports, baby did just that - slid out in 2 pushes).
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