Experience: I gave birth to the world’s ‘8 billionth baby’ https://t.co/conNZAQsDq
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On November 15th last year, the world population crossed to over eight billion people. Most people who read about it wondered in the back of their minds just who that eight billionth person would be. Now we know. Her name is Vinice, and she lives in the Philippines.
Several new babies in different parts of the world were designated to be the symbolic eight billionth person, but Vinice has become the best known. Her mother, Maria Margarette Villorente, was in labor and on the way to the hospital in Manila as midnight approached on November 14th. The hospital staff turned them away, because the facility was already full! So Maria and Vincent went to another hospital in the San Andres area of the city. Representatives of the Philippines Commission on Population and Development (Popcom) were already at that hospital to welcome the birth of the eight billionth person. Vinice was born shortly after midnight on the 15th, and was immediately lavished with a huge cake, baby supplies, and toys. Maria was obliged to give an immediate interview. It was a total surprise for the couple. Read the story of how Vinice came into the world of eight billion people with much fanfare at the Guardian. -via Damn Interesting
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