May 24, 2005

• Florida's Baby Boomlet

  
  

  Doctors, hospitals, and birthing specialists (people who give classes, etc.) are reporting a baby boomlet in Florida right now.  The Today Show reported this morning (sorry, I couldn't find the link on their web site) that one hospital that ordinarily has around 5 births a day has lately been having a dozen or more. 

  
  

  
  

  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Doctors in Florida say they think they know what's behind a small baby boom that's about to hit the state.

  
  

  They're crediting the [four] hurricanes that hit Florida last summer to the higher number of expecting moms and dads.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  One health official says there are more than twice the number of parents-to-be in her birthing class. And another says she has 51 expectant mothers due this month and 43 more due in June, up from an average of about 30 per month.

  
  

  Source: click here.

  
  

  I think the irony in this story is wonderful.  In the midst of some of the worse destruction ever, couples were busy physically expressing their love for one another and creating new life in the process.  I'm puzzled, though, why couples who were presumably using contraception before the hurricanes didn't use it during the hurricanes.  Were they unable to get to the drugstore?  Did the loss of power make it impossible for them to use contraceptives?  Or did the atmospheric forces at play during the mighty storms compel them to procreate? 

  
  

  The 4 storms were Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne.  It'll be interesting to see if there's a spike in the frequency of these names when the members of the baby boomlet are all finally born.

  
  

  ED 

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