Hurricane Sandy Babies: Myths and Realities

Courtesy Robyn Moreno

Robyn Moreno and her husband were evacuated from lower Manhattan during Hurricane Sandy on October 29, 2012, only two weeks away from her due date.

A NOTE FROM BINSI-

Susan Donaldson James is one of our favorite journalists that we at BINSI enjoy following. She is a Pulitzer Traveling Fellow and often writes for ABC News.  

We were both excited and saddened to read the stories about women giving birth during the storm known as “Sandy”.  We are strong advocates of natural childbirth and find it to be very scary that fewer and fewer doctors are getting training in the experience of natural childbirth vs. medical childbirth that requires all the conveniences of a modern hospital. Had more doctors had training in natural or at home childbirths, there would have been less problems preparing for all the babies that came during hurricane Sandy. None-the-less, we appreciate Susan Donaldson James and her coverage of “hurricane Sandy Babies.”

By SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES

Oct. 30, 2012

Robyn Moreno, due to give birth, paid little attention to Hurricane Sandy, until police circled her Battery Park City neighborhood in Lower Manhattan and ordered mandatory evacuations in anticipation of a record tidal surge.

Just before the historic storm hit New York City, the 36-year-old freelance writer and her husband had talked about taking a short vacation in the Hamptons, on Long Island's East End, before the baby arrived.

"I was looking forward to a relaxing week," said Moreno. "We fixed the nursery, and put the crib together and suddenly the big rainstorm came. Holy cow – what are we going to do? I am going to have a baby in the middle of a storm, and I live in Zone A?"

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