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My Daughter

A contest entry

13 total reviews 
Comment from BeasPeas
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This is a wonderful story and I identify with it. Back in "our day" hubbies were not allowed in the delivery room. There are just two changes I suggest. One is to change "sex" to "gender" and the other is a typo here:
"he was wrong so he would write of (off) the hospital bill"
Fantastic for the doctor to be a friend and a good guy to help you out like that. Best of luck in the contest. Marilyn

 Comment Written 19-Jan-2021


reply by the author on 20-Jan-2021
    Thanks so much Marilyn for reading, reviewing and your great comments. I will fix those things in a moment. Welcome back.
Comment from Chrissy710
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Well done Alie What a gorgeous story and I smiled while reading it Oh the good old days of castor oil and orange juice etc
How old is your daughter now?
I too was convinced I was having a boy and when I delivered my girl I got such a shock but she is beautiful and has given me 4 gorgeous granddaughters
Good luck in the contest
Cheers Chris

 Comment Written 23-Dec-2020


reply by the author on 23-Dec-2020
    Thank you so much Christine for reading and reviewing, yeaaa to the days of castor oil and orange juice. Good grief, she is 52 and has one daughter, again thank you.
Comment from Sandra du Plessis
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A very well-written heartfelt story about the best time of your life when the unexpected pregnancy turned into a wedding and the birth of a beautiful baby girl in a few weeks time.

 Comment Written 03-Dec-2020


reply by the author on 03-Dec-2020
    Thank you so much Sandra for reading, reviewing and your kind comments.
Comment from Rosemary Everson1
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A beautiful touching story about the birth of a baby! A baby is a blessing no matter what the sex....but to give birth to a girl instead of a boy would be a total surprise....did you shop early and purchase boy clothes?

 Comment Written 03-Dec-2020


reply by the author on 03-Dec-2020
    Thank you so much Rosemary for reading, reviewing and your kind comments. Although I had been told it was probably a boy I chose neutral colors rather than pink.
Comment from Goodadvicechan
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Any addition is always a happy event. This sounds very much in the old days people got married because the girl was already pregnant. Else, the girl was still a virgin on marriage.

That was why people got married at teenage so that why can enjoy sex when young.

It is indeed a happy event.

 Comment Written 03-Dec-2020


reply by the author on 03-Dec-2020
    Thank you so much for reading, reviewing and your kind comments.
Comment from lyenochka
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Thank you for sharing this wonderful memory of your pregnancy and birth of your daughter! That is just an amazing time. Best wishes in the contest!
Comments:
have the new to be mother (new-to-be mother or "new mother-to-be")
he would write of the hospital bill (write off)

 Comment Written 02-Dec-2020


reply by the author on 03-Dec-2020
    Thank you Helen for reading, reviewing and your kind comments, I made those corrections.
Comment from poetwatch
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Love never has a moment to spare, author. When one is in love, accidents happen. I'm glad your husband loved you very much and was the man of the hour. My wife and I had 3 girls, they are grown with families of their own. This is a good offering for The Time of my Life contest.

 Comment Written 02-Dec-2020


reply by the author on 03-Dec-2020
    Thank you Jose for reading, reviewing and your great comments.
Comment from BethShelby
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This is a great story. No one gets to stay in the hospital and be pampered that long anymore. They send you home the next day. I'm so glad things worked out well to you. You had a guy who really loved you to get on his knees and propose after a shock like that.

 Comment Written 01-Dec-2020


reply by the author on 02-Dec-2020
    Thank you Beth for reading, reviewing and your kind comments.
Comment from Lobber
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Hello,
Great insight into your )Days of Old.( The found the following statement quite interesting:
)Back in those days, it was common practice to have the new to be mother cleansed out, so I had to suffer through the effects of castor oil mixed with orange juice.(
- Lobber

 Comment Written 01-Dec-2020


reply by the author on 02-Dec-2020
    Thank you so much Lobber for reading, reviewing and your kind comments.
Comment from Wendy G
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This is a lovely story, a real reminder of how things used to be, regarding births. So wonderful that your boyfriend loved you dearly, enough to propose then and there. Even more wonderful that you had a beautiful baby girl with no complications. And the doctor was a gem, a very kind and compassionate man.

 Comment Written 01-Dec-2020


reply by the author on 02-Dec-2020
    Thank you Wendy for reading, reviewing and your kind comments.