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Women refuse to give birth on Singles Day
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-11-20 09:09

An unusually small number of babies were born in Hubei Hospital of Women and Children in Wuhan on Nov 11, as mothers sought to avoid giving birth on Singles Day.

Just five babies were born there that day, less than one-fourth of the average.

Other major hospitals also hosted much fewer births, as many local pregnant women had Caesareans in advance or delayed their delivery.

Doctors and nurses attributed the slump in births to local residents' superstitions.

Many Chinese believe Singles Day is not a lucky day for childbirth in the central metropolis.

(Chutian Metropolis Daily)