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Births skewed by 6-6-6 superstition across the country
Expectant mothers and doctors weighed timing of deliveries as 6-6-6 loomed. Hospitals postponed births in New York while others adjusted C-sections and birth dates in Massachusetts Illinois Kansas Iowa and Oklahoma. Some parents welcomed the chance to share a birthday with their child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liza Washington
Children’s Hospital
New York-Presbyterian Medical Center
Julie Haley
Reading
Mass
Chicago
Scott Pierce
Damien
Pierce
Chicago-area
Wichita
Kan
James Whiddon
Wichita Clinic
Tabitha Unternahrer
Wayland
Iowa
Taryn Reney
Unternahrer
Rebecca Zerkin
Manhattan
St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center
Jill Haub
Yukon
Okla
Hanb
Vince Valututti
20Th Century Fox
Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick