Blizzard babies?
It’s coming up on nine months since the Baltimore region was socked by a series of blizzards. Some hospitals are reporting an increase in expectant mothers.
My colleague Jill Rosen is looking to talk to mothers-to-be due in September or November who suspect that their impending bundle of joy is a blizzard baby.
She'd love to talk to folks who are pretty darn sure they’ve got a blizzard baby. Or, people who think the whole blizzard/blackout baby phenomenon is an urban myth.
Contact Jill at jill.rosen@baltsun.com. She needs to speak with people by Tuesday.
Comments
I think this is an urban myth. There are some periods when there are more pregnancies and births and I don't think the blizzard is an explanation for an increased number of pregnancies. It would be interesting to see, as well, if we are talking about substantial increase of numbers or just a slight variation.
Posted by: april | August 21, 2010 6:52 AM
My wife is due Nov. 4th. I don't know if it is a blizzard baby due to being snowed in or not.
Posted by: John Payne | August 24, 2010 4:17 PM
I've worked in the neonatal ICU of a local hospital for 30+ years. Blizzard babies are no urban myth. We even got slammed after the baseball strike.
I've heard that local hospitals don't have an increase in preregistrations this time, though. It's probably true. Our Neonatal ICU should have gotten busy beginning in June and that just didn't happen this time - at least for the December snowstorm. If there's going to be a November baby boom from the February storms, the neonatal ICU's will start getting busy next month.
Posted by: Judy | August 24, 2010 10:10 PM