• News/Talk
  • Music
  • Entertainment

Baby Season

Listen to this Story
Larger view
Baby Season
View the Slideshow

For the last 20 years, September has been one of the most popular months to give birth and demographers don't know exactly why. With all these little ones are scheduling their arrivals at the same time,it's getting harder and harder to find hospitals willing to deliver them. The problem is especially serious in Philadelphia, where 11 maternity wards have closed in the last decade. Hospitals still in the baby business are feeling the pressure. Reporter Joel Rose visited one of those maternity wards to see what it's like.

Then...

Hear two more Talent Quest finalist talk about the future of public radio in the Weekend America Talent Quest challenge.

Comments

  • Comment | Refresh

  • Post a Comment: Please be civil, brief and relevant.

    Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments. All comments are moderated. Weekend America reserves the right to edit any comments on this site and to read them on the air if they are extra-interesting. Please read the Comment Guidelines before posting.

      Form is no longer active

     

    You must be 13 or over to submit information to American Public Media. The information entered into this form will not be used to send unsolicited email and will not be sold to a third party. For more information see Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.

Download Weekend America

Weekend Weather

From the January 31 broadcast

Support American Public Media with your Amazon.com purchases
Search Amazon.com:
Keywords:
 ©2015 American Public Media