Expecting mothers in South Korea are trying to schedule their c-sections for 11-11-11

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http://af.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idAFTRE7A824U20111109

Number one priority for some Korean mums is "111111"

Wed Nov 9, 2011 8:53am GMT

SEOUL (Reuters) - Expecting mothers in South Korea have inundated hospitals with requests for a Caesarean section delivery on November 11 to secure the unique life-long identity number of "111111" for their children, media reported on Wednesday.

The Korean Resident Registration Number, an identification number for all residents in Korea, is composed of 13 numbers with the first six numbers corresponding to the date of birth.

The number of appointments for c-section births on November 11 was 20 percent higher this year than previous years. Expecting mothers who are due even a week after the date have scheduled to give birth on November 11, Seoul Newspaper said.

[GodlessBiker]

1. A day that will live in infamy.

[SoCalDem]

2. My first son was born on 11-11-73..this will be his special birthday

He's been looking forward to it since he was 5 :)

[HappyMe]

3. Good grief!

:eyes:

[Ganja Ninja]

4. Weird.

I woke up last night and looked over at my digital clock and it read 11:11.

[Diclotican]

5. Ganja Ninja

Ganja Ninja

I had a milk cartong, who was dated 11:11:11 funny... But I was thinking about when the WW1 ended, 11 november at 11 a clock, not about long life and prosperity tho...

Diclotican

[d_r]

6. my daughter was born on 9-8-7

Not as good as 111111, but you take what you get I guess.

[ecstatic]

7. I would do the same

if I were due around this time!