Radio-TV mirror (July-Dec 1954)

ten days," he predicted. Susan now admits, "I was certain then that it was bound to happen on a Friday — and bound to be a girl. I felt awful." Then she brightens. "Jan and I were watching the baseball game. That is, Jan was watching. I think the only thing I could see was a mental picture of a plane taking off for Toronto. Until, all of a sudden, I got a pain." To hear her tell it, that particular pain was the most blissful sensation in the world. She continues, "Jan got his stopwatch— the one he uses to time his radio programs — and we waited for the next contraction." Because of their training in the natural childbirth classes, they knew what to expect and how far the process of birth had advanced. "We didn't even call the doctor until seven o'clock the next morning," Jan beams. "He told us to come over." Susan chimes in, "They put a mask, a cap and a gown on Jan and he was right with me, timing the contractions, until the last twenty minutes. I appreciated it, because it took quite a long time." The "quite a long time" was from 8: 00 A.M. until 5:30 P.M., but Susan says she was never afraid. "By the stopwatch, I learned that the pains lasted forty-five seconds each and were five minutes apart." A shot of a sedative gave her the impression of a two -hour sleep during the middle of the afternoon. "But even then," says Jan, "she'd signal me with a long, slow wink whenever a pain started, so I could click the stopwatch." At 5:30 P.M., May 25, 1954, Christopher Jan Rubes made his entrance into the world. He weighed seven pounds, thirteen ounces, and was twenty-one inches long. "He'll be tall, like his father," says Susan proudly. What the baby already means to Susan and Jan is indicated by what happened on their vacation. In July, Susan joined Jan on one of his Toronto trips, leaving the baby with the nurse who has cared for him ever since he came home from the hospital. They attended the Shakespeare festival at near-by Stratford, and then had a few carefree days of water skiing at Lake Simcoe. "We had planned to stay until Sunday night," says Susan, "but on Friday we went to visit some friends whose baby had been born ten days earlier than ours." Like all proud young parents, the friends boasted how fast their child had grown, insisted he now could follow them with his eyes, that he knew their voices. Says Susan, "Then the same thought hit both Jan and me at the same time — what if our baby had forgotten us while we were gone, what if he thought the nurse was his. mother!" They hurried back to their hotel and called the airlines. Could they have accommodations the next morning, they inquired. -The planes were crowded but the reservation clerk sensed their concern and asked, "Is this urgent?" "Urgent!" Jan exclaimed. "It sure is. We have to get home to our baby." Says Susan, "That's the quickest way to say it. He's the one we have to come home to. 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