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We do pretty much the same as everyone else. Lots of free gifts. Lots of news crews around. Last year our hospital had the first baby in the county for the new year. However we were accused of telling this mother not to push so that she could have her baby on Jan 1st. This was not true, she was a multip and could barely control anything. I think she started pushing at 12:59....
Loved your comment Heather. The Y2K baby for our county was born to a 14 year old I have to remind my 14 year old to brush his teeth everday for crying out loud!
He would not have the first clue of what to do with a baby!! I met this girl too, and she definitely was not the brightest bulb in the marquee!!
I feel sorry the baby. Wonder what kind of life it will have?
I think way too much hullaballo is made over a the "new year's baby"........and yep, as the others have said, so often much ado is made over a poor soul born to a crackhead or meth addict.....or someone of the who sort who is clueless and has no appreciation for the life-changing event childbirth is.
bagladyrn, RN
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Just curious what your facility does for the first baby of the New Year. It's always seemed like a fun thing to me, and I've noticed some hospitals make a big deal of it, while others do nothing much.