Catherine Randall Kelso, Ann Randall, and Barbara Randall
Catherine Randall Kelso, Ann Randall, and Barbara Randall Catherine Randall Kelso, Ann Randall, and Barbara Randall Catherine Randall Kelso, Ann Randall, and Barbara Randall Catherine Randall Kelso, Ann Randall, and Barbara Randall

Catherine Randall Kelso, Ann Randall, and Barbara Randall

Recorded October 26, 2019 39:03 minutes
Catherine Randall Kelso, Ann Randall, and Barbara Randall
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Id: chi003165

Description

Conversation between Barbara Randall (93) and her two daughters, Catherine Randall Kelso (69) and Ann Randall (65). They share stories about childbirth and how much things have changed.

Subject Log / Time Code

1:49: BR born in 1925. She remembers that back in those days the doctor would come to the house. 3:00: CR asks BR what she remembers about her father being born in a hospital in Middleton, Ohio. 4:15: BR recalls what it was like during the Baby Boomer generation 06:31: BR remembers being alone at he hospital when they told her she was going to have a breach birth. When her husband came to kiss her after the baby was delivered, he was nearly knocked to the ground from coming into contact with the ether they had given BR. 08:55: BR remembers when doctors suggested that after delivering a baby, mother's would stay in a hospital for 7 days and not move from the bed. 10:05: CR and BR recall that that Grandma came to help after BR had a baby. BR's sister also came to help with the new baby. 13:00: CR wants to know what it was like giving birth to Ann. 15:00: CR asks BR if she remembers receiving any anesthesia during her deliveries. 19:00: CR remembers having an emergency C section and wondering how they got the staples in her. 21:00: BR Barbara remembers that she kept all of her children's first clothes. 24:33: CR remembers having a whole floor to herself. 25:44: AR taught a popular natural birth course in her town in West Virginia 28:43: CR remembers having to use a diaper service. AR remembers washing, hanging, and folding diapers. 31:50: BR remembers when she was in the hospital that a miner's wife had just delivered a stillborn. 33:00: AR's third pregnancy was a geriatric pregnancy, which just means she was over 35. 37:00: BR reflects on how maternity ward are closing all over the place.

Participants

  • Catherine Randall Kelso
  • Ann Randall
  • Barbara Randall

Recording Locations

Chicago StoryBooth

Venue / Recording Kit