Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Googling for an old friend, here she is in the New York Times,
As it became easier to get to hospitals, the number of people born on the island fell, although speckled around its bungalow-lined streets are a handful of children whose mothers chose to have home births. One of them, a girl named Gwyn Hopkins, was born at home two days before Christmas in 1996. Her mother, Laury Hopkins, proudly labels her “an authentic, true clam digger.”
As it became easier to get to hospitals, the number of people born on the island fell, although speckled around its bungalow-lined streets are a handful of children whose mothers chose to have home births. One of them, a girl named Gwyn Hopkins, was born at home two days before Christmas in 1996. Her mother, Laury Hopkins, proudly labels her “an authentic, true clam digger.”
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