Out of curiosity, did you need to figure out the birthday for a specific purpose, or were you just musing about it like me?
Just filing away for writing reference. Eventually I'm going to be writing Caroline's birth story, and while I could do it without an actual date, it's nice to have one.
I made a leap based on the fact that no one died or was noticeably physically affected by the birth, but it's entirely possible he was a premature and/or difficult birth and healthy all the same.
Oh, yeah, that's completely possible. Ray K was early and he turned out fine (but that's another post entirely *g*).
There were likely midwives among the Inuit women in the area--living that far North back then, there had to have been, with the skills passed down from grandmother to mother to daughter.
There's an article on the history of Inuit midwifery here (http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:TJC4WstMfqsJ:3y03reproduction.wikispaces.com/file/view/Anth%2B3Y03.doc+Inuit+midwifery+history&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=26&gl=us&client=firefox-a). Apparently it wasn't uncommon for Inuit women to give birth unassisted, but there was a traditional midwifery network, also. (Why, yes, I'm a geek, how did you guess?)
The barn thing, yeah, it could go either way. She could have had a whole birth planned and a freak storm trapped her in the barn, who knows? There are endless scenarios, which is part of the reason I haven't written the damn story yet. ;)
Re: FYI oh these many months later :)
Just filing away for writing reference. Eventually I'm going to be writing Caroline's birth story, and while I could do it without an actual date, it's nice to have one.
I made a leap based on the fact that no one died or was noticeably physically affected by the birth, but it's entirely possible he was a premature and/or difficult birth and healthy all the same.
Oh, yeah, that's completely possible. Ray K was early and he turned out fine (but that's another post entirely *g*).
There were likely midwives among the Inuit women in the area--living that far North back then, there had to have been, with the skills passed down from grandmother to mother to daughter.
There's an article on the history of Inuit midwifery here (http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:TJC4WstMfqsJ:3y03reproduction.wikispaces.com/file/view/Anth%2B3Y03.doc+Inuit+midwifery+history&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=26&gl=us&client=firefox-a). Apparently it wasn't uncommon for Inuit women to give birth unassisted, but there was a traditional midwifery network, also. (Why, yes, I'm a geek, how did you guess?)
The barn thing, yeah, it could go either way. She could have had a whole birth planned and a freak storm trapped her in the barn, who knows? There are endless scenarios, which is part of the reason I haven't written the damn story yet. ;)