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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How does this process work in hospitals? Do you verbally tell someone or fill out a handwritten form or type it into a computer yourself? And then who handles it? Curious where the errors are occurring. [/quote]

Still wondering about this-- so there's a birth registrar?[/quote]

Handwritten paperwork in the hospital (which you may be filling out while not really in your right mind, lol); then they sign off on it as a legit birth, and send it in for you. The data entry people at the bureau of vital statistics (or whatever your locality calls it) enter what you put on the form, so there are several opportunities for human error along the way.[/quote]

I gave birth at GW in January and this was the process — however the person submitting things actually called me a couple days later to confirm the spelling of my and my daughter’s names (not English/common American names).  PP poster is definitely right about my state of mind filling out that paperwork though — there could be any number of mistakes given how woozy I was.[/quote]

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