Quick. What's one "news" story guaranteed to be featured in
Tuesday's local news? That's right! The annual "First Baby of the New
Year" story. Snore!
But I do have some questions about the whole "time of birth" thing
anyway, even though I had mine waaaay past any new year in March. How
do you tell who the winner is for those
citywide contests? I mean, do hospitals synchronize their clocks? Are
nurses required to look at the clock? And when, officially, is a baby
born? Head out? Feet out? Cut, swaddled and Apgar scored? Do laboring
moms watch the clock to ensure their win all those great door prizes
(and is holding the baby in any longer than necessary worth any amount
of money?)
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