Birth Experiences
F irst, I would like to say all of my children are born on holidays, all born naturally except my last child. My first born is a boy, and I delivered him on February 22 which is George Washington’s Birthday, and in New York City it celebrated as a holiday, and the stores have a lot of sales. I happened to be in a department store when my water broke, plus I was alone. Nevertheless, I was out alone because it was nowhere near time for delivery. He came in my seventh month, and he came so fast, he was born in the department store. Back in those days if a person delivered their child other than the hospital. When taken to the hospital, the child has to stay in the room with mom. The reason for this is because hospitals were afraid that babies born other than hospital may contaminate the Nursery To make a long story short, I was 18 my husband was out of town on business, so here I am with a baby close to five pounds, but scared to death, I had the nurse call my parents, and th...