Interview with Gail Covert, November 8, 2011
Project: Birth Narrative Oral History Project
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Interview with Gail Covert - Richmond, VAOriginally from New England, Gail moved to Richmond for school and never left. She shares some early memories of her family in Rhode Island where she lived until she was ten before moving with her mother and two siblings to rural New Hampshire and then on to Northern Virginia.
She shares the story of how she met her husband after college, their early dating and getting married. Gail went off the pill to prepare to get pregnant. Her first pregnancy was comfortable and easy and her second pregnancy, with twins, she describes as completely different. In this interview she talks about both birthing experiences. She also talks about how hard the post partum period can be, including the challenges of breastfeeding.
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Covert, Gail Interview by Nora Weatherby. 08 Nov. 2011. Lexington, KY: Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
Covert, G. (2011, November 08). Interview by N. Weatherby. Birth Narrative Oral History Project. Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries, Lexington.
Covert, Gail, interview by Nora Weatherby. November 08, 2011, Birth Narrative Oral History Project, Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History, University of Kentucky Libraries.
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