tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-894148359176807956.post2404077417200312060..comments2023-08-24T19:59:30.619+10:00Comments on ALAS AUSTRALIA INC (previously ALAS Qld) - Adoption. Loss. Adult. Support: Mothers who could not name their babiesALAS Qldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07632788233327934846noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-894148359176807956.post-27661545217368380452009-08-01T21:16:12.212+10:002009-08-01T21:16:12.212+10:00TO NAME OR NOT TO NAME.
If you gave birth at the ...TO NAME OR NOT TO NAME. <br />If you gave birth at the Redcliffe Hospital in Qld. your baby was referred to as Baby......You were not permitted to name the child.<br />However, if you gave birth at The<br />Royal Women's Hospital in Brisbane, you were required to name the child. I originally was in a home for mothers at Graceville, so had selected a name for my child......Paul Joseph if it was a boy.<br />I transferred to a home for mothers at Redcliffe, & expected to<br />have my child at the Redcliffe Hospital. Consequently, when advised of the rules at the local hospital,accepted the fact that I could not name my child. However, when I went into labour, Redcliffe Hospital had no beds available.<br />NO ROOM AT THE INN...I now know how Mary felt on Christmas Eve so long ago. I was taken to the Royal<br />Women's Hospital where I gave birth to a son. I was so fragile after the birth, that I did not ask<br />the sex of my child. <br />I had to ask the woman who came around 4/5 days later to register the birth what the sex of my baby was. She said she needed a name for the baby immediately, I simply blurted out the christian name of my babies father, instead of my chosen name of Paul Joseph,which meant a great deal to me at the time. It saddens me to this day, as<br />I have been unable to have any other children. I lost my baby & his idenity. His original Birth Certificate shows a name, I was forced to choose under duress.Lorrainenoreply@blogger.com