I Got to Play an April Fool's Joke Before I was Born

I will start this by saying that yes, I did miss beingwasn't even due yet. Trying to keep up the
an April Fool, but only by a tiny margin. I wasgame, my mother still pretended to be having
born just twenty minutes after midnight on Aprilcontractions, and they got in the car, and left the
2nd, and the events of the prior day in my homehouse.Then suddenly a big surprise did hit! My
were quite interesting to say the least.To get themother's water broke in the car on the way to
full story I must go back and remind everyonetown and my dad had to turn tail and race for
what medical tests were like in the 1970's, theythe hospital. After getting my mother checked
were improving, but still far from the reliability,into the maternity ward, he tried calling the kids
and accuracy that we take for grantedto let them know what had really happened. At
today.There were already four children in thethis point, their brilliant April Fool's trick totally
house, the oldest a boy, who was seventeen, andbackfired. The kids still refused to believe him,
the youngest a girl age nine. Two of them fromthey told him to go back to dinner and stop trying
my father's first marriage, and two from one ofto fool them.My mother labored through the night
my mother's previous marriages. I would be theand finally, I entered the world at twenty minutes
second try for them to have a child in common.past midnight on April 2nd. Here came another
The first resulted in a miscarriage when mysurprise, their chosen name of George wasn't
mother was just three months along.Since she'dgoing to work, I was a girl. They hadn't even
already lost one child, the doctors were watchingpondered a girl's name since they were so sure
my mother closely to try to prevent this fromthe baby was going to be a boy, but that is a tale
happening again, thus they ran every test theyfor another time.Once again, my father tried to
had available at the time. My parents were toldcall home and let the kids know about their new
nothing but good news, there was no reason thisbaby sister, but they still refused to believe him.
baby wouldn't carry to term. To top if off, theyThey told him it was almost one in the morning,
said it was a boy and the due date was April 8th.so April Fool's day was over, and on top of that,
Both of my parents were jubilant and all four kidsthey knew the baby was going to be a boy, not
were excited about gaining a new little brother.a girl. They all said goodnight to him, hung up the
They quickly chose to name me after myphone and went back to bed.Realizing how badly
grandfather, George.Now, we fast forward totheir attempted joke had backfired, my father
April 1st, as my mother's due date is nearing. Myhad to drive home, roust them all out of bed,
parents were planning to attend a function at agrumbling and tired at two in the morning. Then
local club where my father was a member.he drove them all to the hospital so he could
Before leaving, they decided they had the perfectprove to them that it wasn't still an April Fool's
opportunity to play an April Fool's joke on thejoke.Needless to say, the story of my birth and
kids, they would pretend my mother was in laborthis April Fool's trick was told many times in my
and they were really leaving to go to thefamily as I was growing up, and to this day my
hospital.The kids had heard them talking about theDad says it was the best April Fool's joke he
evening out in previous days so they weren'tever thought up.Verleen Wonderly is a published,
falling for it, they told them that they knewfreelance writer and has worked for the website
perfectly well it was April Fool's day and the babysince it's inception in 1999.