Show W Wee ee Hour Birth Is Mostly Myth It is 3 o'clock in to the morning 1 The house is cold The world I outside dark and silent A light I goes on on a a couple dresses hurriedly hurriedly hurriedly hur hur- picks up a suitcase and starts for the hospital You know why of course A baby is about to make its debut THE ONLY trouble with the picture is that Its It's out of focus A recent study shows that most babies are born at respectable times of day day and and not in the wee hours At least that's what doctor of s science Carl L L. L Erhardt found upon analysis of time of birth of more than babies born between July and December 1963 in New York City ON A SINGLE hour basis Dr I Erhardt found only 35 of or 1362 babies were born between 2 and 3 am a.m. The largest number were born between noon and 1 p. p pm p.m. m. m Basically first babies are likely likely likely like like- ly to be born any time of day or night no particular set of hours is most common If mama has had previous children however the picture changes somewhat The children children children chil chil- dren down the line are more likely to be born between 9 am a.m. and noon while the least likely time appears to be the three hour period between 3 and 6 pm p.m. COMMENTS Dr Erhardt If If there isn't any interference the first baby comes as of often ten at one onetime onetime onetime time as another The babies of mothers having had other children arrive most often between 9 am a.m. and noon By no means are most babies born in the middle of the night Mothers can now relax Fathers Fathers Fathers Fa Fa- too |