June 19th, 1990. Geraldo Rivera on his namesake talk show discusses the pros and cons of Home Birth, this time with actress Tracey Ross.
“..I’m a grown woman, having a baby, I have good judgement I’m asking an intelligent question I deserve an intelligent answer. And so I left and I never came back, I said I don’t need this..”
Ms. Ross describes a visit to the maternity center and how she felt her questions weren’t treated with the appropriate gravitas. She decided to have the baby at home, and hired a midwife to help with the process, but things didn’t exactly go as planned.
Ms. Ross and son Bryce are joined later in the segment by best friend Danny, who showed up at the apartment during Tracey Ross’s solo birth.
This day, Geraldo’s television history.