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Baby boom?: Winter ice storm might be causing uptick in births in coming weeksTuesday, October 27, 2009SIKESTON, Mo. -- It's been nine months since ice storms crippled Southeast Missouri, leaving many without electricity for days. But things were apparently still heating up in some homes, as local hospitals are expecting an increase in births over the next few weeks. "We have definitely noticed that we will have a very busy late October and November," said Leslie Sisk, maternal child nurse manager at Missouri Delta Medical Center. "We do attribute the increase for deliveries during these months to the ice storm, but there is no scientific data to prove this."
Sisk said hospital officials noted the increase in late summer, when its obstetrics staff pointed out several patients were scheduled to deliver in late October and early November, exactly nine months after the ice storm struck. "They also saw an increase in the number of patients they were seeing every day," Sisk said. Saint Francis Medical Center's Family BirthPlace in Cape Girardeau hasn't seen a big increase in its births yet, said Emily Sikes, account services coordinator. "According to our statistics, in September 2008, we had 65 births and in the same month this year, we had 70," she said. By Oct. 21, 2008, there were 46 births there, as compared to 47 in the same time frame this year. "However, our nurse manager in the Family BirthPlace said they are anticipating a large number of births the last week of October or first week of November," Sikes said. At Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, numbers are on target for the month, said spokesman Mark Bliss. The hospital averages 100 births a month and was at 75 on Thursday. "But we did see a spike the year before, when an ice storm hit us up in our area," Bliss said. "It's all anecdotal and people can assume the numbers are up [because of the ice storm or other outages] but there is no way to definitely say that's the reason." Sisk said this is the first time she can recall the hospital seeing a spike in its births following a power outage. "But we've never really seen this type of a severe outage before," she said. "However, after really cold winters, we have seen an uptick in births." Nicole Sisk gave birth to her first child, Amiyah Carter, on Thursday. She said she didn't hear of the "ice storm babies" until in the hospital but said it makes sense. "You had to find something to do with no power," she said with a laugh. Pertinent addresses: 1008 N. Main St., Sikeston, MO 211 Saint Francis Drive, Cape Girardeau, MO 1701 Lacey St., Cape Giradeau, MO
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The Boredom Baby Generation
"You had to find something to do with no power,"
Tell me about it.
No power = Good times
Will be throwing the main breaker when I get home.
Sorry but an increase of 5 babies per 65/70 births is not a "boom" and an increase of 1 baby per 46/47 is definitely not a "boom" either...
Bliss summed it up: It's all antedotal.
Must be a slow news day...
Has anyone notice that there are more MS. having babies then MRS. I always thought than having babies was a married thing. Not today looks like the young unmarried girls are taking over with the help of government aid.
Nothing like turning thread about getting lucky while the food goes bad in the deep freeze into a moral and political rant. Thanks retired1.
Lets look at the truth. Read the births in the Missourian and about 60% or more are MS. Plus a lot aren't the first ones. Good old government aid. More you have the more you make.
Boy's let me tell you. The ole throw the main worked like a charm tonight ;)
Retired 1, You hit the nail right on the head...Younger girls are having kids and think nothing of it.. My mother would roll over in her grave if i would have had a child as a single parent.. But hey,single mothers do talk alot about how good they have it.wic, food stamps welfare with no intentions of ever thinking about getting a job... I guess thats why I work,40 plus hrs a week, along with my husband of 16 years to support OUR family... Thats the way, it should be, to take care of your own kids, not everyone elses. The children are all innocent and deserve to be taken care of..... people really need to think about the consequences with a roll in the Hay....
Wow Jr and retired 1 glad to hear that you didn't have sex before you got married. I hope you married young. If you did have sex before you should consider yourself lucky that your birth control worked everytime. You have no idea what you're talking about. I'm a single father and my daughter receives no government support. She receives my support. You're probably the type of people that made me decide that I never want to get married. When I look at the older generations, I just see massive divorce rates or a lot of unhappy old couples. So don't preach to me.
Yea...have a baby...get a check...It is like a home based business for some.
thekid,
Your right! the divorce rate is out of control and marriage is taken very lightly. This trend continues to this day. (among your generation as well)
That being said, "when I look at the Younger generation I just see no work ethics, an attitude that entitlements are for everyone, sex before high school, disrespect and a general I don't give a rip attitude. Now, thats just my observation. You could very well be an exception as I know there are still some responsible thought provoking young people out there. I just wish they would show up!
When I was young there was a life called MORAL LIVING. I was taught morals by my mother and father and by the local school system. Todays generation have NO MORALS, plus no respect for themselves or others. If you are under 30 years old and if your grandparents are still living or your parents are 55 years or older go talk to them about MORALS. When I was young if a girl got pregnant while still in school or was unmarried that was a BIG NO NO. Today it is NO BIG DEAL. Where is our society headed?
Thanks for the unfounded, sweeping generalizations, retired1.
retired1 et all,
It's real easy denouncing young, single moms without even attempting to look at their life situations. I am proud of the young moms (and dads) in the Missouri Mentoring Partnership. Many of them face difficult life challenges, yet they are doing their best to raise their children well. Most of our parents are in school, are working, or both. Yes, we have moms who are receiving TEMPORARY government support such as WIC. They are also receiving support and encouragement of MMP staff and volunteer mentors; they are learning to be self reliant; and they will eventually pay back the government support with interest in the form of taxes.
Instead of kicking people when they're down, we should be looking for ways to help them reach their fullest potential. If you want to be part of the solution, please find out more about the MMP at www.missourimentoring.com.
Why don't you just change your name to retarded1?
Kudos to you two for sticking up for the people retired1 is lamenting.
I'm a 23 (soon to be 24) year old "this generation-er" and don't fit any of the adjectives that retired1 used. I have morals and was raised by like-minded, strong valued parents. I also have a global perspective and understand that other people weren't as fortunate. We can't throw them out in the cold just for this. Take a perspective pill, retired1. You're not the only person around and your way of life isn't the only one that gets from point A to point B. Lighten up.
I will agree and disagree with retired1 on some of their points. For one, there are plenty of single parents who make it without government assistance just fine. They utilize daycares while going to work to support their family, and this issue is NOT a brand new situation. There were families back in those days who had children who were illegitimate, and they were ashamed of it, as well as anyone who knew. A good reference would be the movie Peyton Place. It was unthought of to be a single parent and was thought of as scandal, but as to retired1's point, the world was not perfect back in your day. There were still plenty of single parents then.
I'd also like to note that I'm 24 years old and had a baby at the age of 20. My husband and I were unmarried at that point and he was in Basic Training. We knew we wouldn't be able to take care of her how we wanted to, so we agreed that giving her up for adoption. She is now 4 years old and being taken care of by a lovely family. What I will disagree with is the notion that every single person under 30 has no morals. I made my grandfather proud with my choices, and in fact one of the questions he asked me was if I would use government assistance. I said no. The only assistance I had was what the government provided to assist with doctor bills through the pregnancy, and that was it.
My mom was a product of the Baby Boom, and she has been a single parent since I was 5 years old. So please keep in mind, do NOT lump everyone in the same category because they are the same age, race, or nationality. I don't appreciate that I'm considered immoral because I had a daughter that I loved and gave up for her benefit before mine. Yes, there are PLENTY of people that abuse the system, and have that mentality of "well I'll just get the government to help me", but NOT ALL of them do. My mother never had credit cards, got me limited financial assistance to go to college, and never had her own house. She has used checks, cash and paid rent all of her life. As far as I know, I do not recall her ever using fianancial assistance for me as a baby. The woman raised me to make responsible decisions and to also not be ashamed of them. I have no regrets for giving her up. Things simply got worse financially afterwards. She's happy, well-taken care of, and I'm DAMN proud that I was able to give a couple who couldn't have kids a gift like that. So, before you decide to assume (Assume = making an *** out of U and ME), please keep in mind that not every pit bull is aggressive, that each mexican is here illegally, and that any single woman with kids is abusing the system. Would you say the same thing to a room full of mothers who lost their husband in the war and need help? I don't think you would.
In ending, keep your mind as well as your eyes, wide open.
I work,40 plus hrs a week, along with my husband of 16 years to support OUR family... That's the way, it should be, to take care of your own kids, not everyone else's.
-- Posted by jr6057 on Tue, Oct 27, 2009, at 12:28 AM
JR
They are the same ones that are envious that you have a nice home, car, retirement, insurance, ect. and want your money to fund their mistake. We planned ours and had all of our ducks in a row before we even thought of having the first. But they say that it's not fair because they don't have to same things we have.
The first thing we did was save for their education before we spent any money on ourselves. We only had two while others will have four or five and cannot provide for them properly. It costs $175K to raise a kid until they are out of college so what are they doing with 4?
Then there is the FACT that single parent households manufacture most of our prison population and tax our government programs. With kids comes responsibility but that is severely lacking now.
By looking at the posts it seems some nerves were struck. Accidents happen so if you are a responsible parent more power to you. But for a single mother to punch out 5 rug rats with no education, no job, or any other source of income is bad for everyone.
Then to top it off they will give them a name that will insure they struggle to get a good job even with a education...........
Why don't you just change your name to retarded1?
-- Posted by grandma72 on Tue, Oct 27, 2009, at 6:16 PM
Well that was a educated statement Meg.
Wif,
Thanks for the compliment but I'm not the megolomania guy, or whatever his name is these days.