11/11/11 The coolest birth date of the century

11/11/11: a day that occurs only once a century. This rare occurrence has pregnant women all across the world giddy, hoping that their child will be privileged enough to be born on this day. With more than 4 million babies born each year, only a select few thousand will be lucky enough to have claimed this as their special birth date. Julie Madayag, a mother expecting a daughter on 11/11, felt that this date was “a very cool due date” and that when she went into get an ultrasound, even her technician even was excited about it. This epic date has created quite the buzz on twitter. Folks all around the world tweeted about 11:11 on 11/11/11, along with many parenting sources on twitter such as parenting.com. They claim that pregnant women “in Korea are scheduling c-sections to ensure 11/11 b-days. (Wow.)” ( Rochman). Obviously the uncommon date has moms all over the world taking the necessary action to ensure birthing their children on this date, permitting the baby has reached the proper 39 week incubation period. Recently a study published in the journal Birth, claims that many full-term pregnant women try to induce labor with myths such as walking, having sex, and eating spicy foods. Madayag, being one of the women to participate in these myths, claimed that she ate Thai food the night before 11/11/11. This once in a lifetime experience will make memories for many mothers as they bring their children into the world, along with the life-long claim of their children being born on this extraordinary day. 

http://healthland.time.com/2011/11/11/being-born-on-111111-the-coolest-of-due-dates-can-thai-food-nudge-things-along/