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[quote=Anonymous]I have a wild story from a DC hospital.

My cousin conceived a honeymoon baby.  When she started having contractions at 28 weeks, she thought she was sick.  Her OB on call told her she didn't know what a contraction was like, and when she had a real one, she'd know. The next day, she was in complete agony, and called again, and was blown off again.  She had her husband bring her to the nearest ER, and she was fully dilated.  Her son was born a few minutes later.  He was just under 5 pounds.

The staff did not believe her EDD.  They were really rude and said she must have conceived before she was married.  She swore she was a virgin until her wedding night, and they crudely said that wasn't possible.  Her baby never spent any time in the NICU, and they SENT HER HOME 48 hours after the birth.

She called me in tears asking for breast feeding advice, because she couldn't get him to latch on well.  She ended up bringing him back to a different hospital because he was lethargic and not nursing and jaundiced.

Turns out the first hospital missed a brain tumor, the probable cause of his early delivery.  It was so huge, it accounted for a good percentage of his birth weight.  He spent the next two years in the hospital, almost died several times, but eventually the cancer went into remission, and he is a healthy, strong, smart, rambunctious homeschooled middle schooler now.[/quote]

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