Editing Pregnancy (section)

==== Birth Recording ====

The thing they give you is a birth certificate worksheet with a pencil. They also give you a big warning that once you agree to the birth certificate it's final and it can't be changed. Any changes must be recorded via an amendment document that's attached. Having this be an append-only store makes sense to me.

The worksheet itself isn't the birth certificate so mistakes on it are tolerated. The hospital's recorded takes the worksheet, types it into the computer, and then gives you the actual certificate to sign. Once signed, it's done.

Our daughter's last name is not either the mother's or the father's so the recorder had to attach an explanation for why it was so.