# 4505
Charlotte Dear
Wolff of Indiana,
USA
I've only met three others who were born on Leap
Year
Day. A set of twins, a cab driver in NYC
and amazingly
just found out that a coworker is a
Leaper. Turns out
her birth certificate was altered to
March first and has
always been celebrated then by family
but she KNEW
in her heart she was a leaper and held
February 29 as
her true day.
EN: That is just sad. There are too many
Leap Day
Babies forced to celebrate their birth day on an
incorrect
date.
# 5942 Melissa
Smith
of Mississippi, USA
The elderly doctor who delivered me in south
Alabama
considered it bad luck to be born on Leap Day and
tried to falsify my birth certificate.
I'm glad he didn't
succeed!
EN: Me too!
# 2122
Ed Norlander of West
Virginia, USA
I think that people here in WV should protest. I
found
out that if you are born on Feb 29th, the state
makes
you put Feb 28th or Mar 1st on the birth
certificate. I
was born in Chicago, IL, and my birth certificate
says
Feb 29th, even my military ID says Feb 29th. I have
found that some things won't accept the 29th as a
legal date though. That's no fun. I think its great
to
have a "special" day.
EN: Is there someone out there
who can contact
someone in WV about this? We need to find out if
this is still going on.
# 1499
Tammy Martin of North Carolina,
USA
My Dad offered the doctor $200 (in 1972) to put
February 28 on my birth certificate! Of
course,
no deal was made and I was forever stuck
with
Feb. 29 and alot of explaining to do for
the rest
of my life.
# 4928
Laura Woodford of Michigan, USA
When I was born, the hospital put
the wrong birthday
on my birth certificate (March 1), so we
had to have
it changed.
Leap Day Baby 1980
Hi! I am a fellow Leap Year Baby (1980), I love it.
My boss found out the other day and she
said
that her son was almost born on Leap Day
(2000)
and that she had to pick either the 28th
or the
1st if that were to happen. Isn't that
crazy? The
doctors said it screwed up databases and
computer
systems. Have you heard of this?
EN: Yes, I have
heard of this, many times over. It
is a subject we are addressing more than
ever. We
must get the word out that this is being
done. And,
we must get the word out that Leap Day
is going to
keep happening every 4 years so prepare
for it!
# 5842
Deidre Bakoledis
of New York, USA1960
We are a special bunch. I have never met anyone else with
this special birthday. My grandmother really was born on
leap year day as well, but it was changed to March 1. She
said that this option was given to parents in the early 1900's.
My greatgrandmother wanted to know why my mother didn't
change mine and didn't understand why my mom thought
it specail! |
# 1301
John Huffman of Ohio, USA
Yeah I know one friend in particular who
has a Leap Day
b.d. and know of some other friends of
friends. He said
something like his mother's doctor said
she had to choose
either 2/28 or 3/1 for his birth
certificate!
EN: It's amazing how certain
people take it upon themselves
to alter such an important legal
document.
#
5572
Sharon Potts of Texas, USA
I was born on the 29th of February 1956, in Roswell
NM. I
was born in the hospital at Walker Air Force Base.
My mom
has told me she had to send back my birth
certificate because
they put the 28th on it.
# 4728
Deborah Lupi of Florida, USA
I love having a birthday on leap day. My
mother's doctor tried
to get her to change my birth
certificate to February 28, but
she refused. I'm glad she did. It is
special and I'm always
surprised that so many people remember
it.
EN: Oh I'm so glad your Mom
refused! Good goin' Mom!
# 5643
Trudy Martin of South Australia,
Australia
The day I turned 16 and tried to obtain a birth
certificate from
the local Police station, I was told to go home and
ask my
mother what day I was born because there is no 29th
of
February. When I finally got my birth certificate,
it had 29th
March on it!!! I had it rightfully changed to
February 29th.
EN: Wow, what a time! I'm so
glad you were able to get it right!
# 349 Bethany
White of Utah, USA
I was born one minute before March 1st. The doctor
told my
parents that they could put March 1 on my birth
certificate,
but they said no, so I am a Leap Day baby. I'm glad
that they
said no because I think that leap day babies
rock!!!!!!!
# 5616
Zoe Sanders of Florida, USA
My daughter, Zoe, was born on February 29, 2004,
which
ironically was also my due date. At first I did NOT
want a
Leap Day baby, how confusing would that be--when
would
you celebrate her birthday, how old would she really
be,
etc?!? Then after searching the internet and
visiting this
site I thought "You know what, how COOL would that
be
to have a Leap Day Baby?!?!" and so it was. I've
been told
that only 10% of babies are born on their due dates
and
only 06% of babies are born on Leap Day, so add
those
two up to see how unique my baby is! When she was
born,
the hospital was entering her information into their
computer
system to begin processing her birth certificate,
but they
were having problems entering "February 29th". They
had
to call in a technician from somewhere to "fix" the
problem.
So it's all right now. It was odd this past year
though, people
would ask me "When does your daughter turn 1?" and
I'd
reply "Well, we're going to celebrate it on February
28th, but
she doesn't turn 1 until the 29th and since there is
no 29th
this year--I don't know, somewhere between 11:59pm
on the
28th and 12:00 on the 1st I guess." This confused
people,
so I think next year I'll just say "The 29th" and
let them ask
further if they want. Yay for Leap Day babies!! |
