666 Babies

I hadn't QUITE made the connection that our baby was due to be born around 06-06-06 until just the other day. "666" is popular with nervous fundamentalists and devil worshippers.

The 666 phenomenon is based on a disputed passage from the Book of Revelation, which in several popular versions declares the “number of the beast” to be 666 — although some biblical scholars claim there was a mistranslation and the number should really be 616.
Revelation 13:16-18 states:

"He also forced everyone, small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on his right hand or on his forehead, so that no one could buy or sell unless he had the mark, which is the name of the beast or the number of his name. This calls for wisdom. If anyone has insight, let him calculate the number of the beast, for it is man's number. His number is 666."

Even in England, where almost nobody takes Christianity seriously, expectant moms are nervous about giving birth on the dreaded day. They are refusing to have C-sections on this day or trying to schedule it for the day before or day after.

Some moms-to-be planning on natural birth have even made appointments to have labor induced on June 5, while others mock the whole superstition with plans to name their cursed little ones Damien (from "The Omen") or Regan (from "The Exorcist").

Some good things about this number are able to be found as well.
In Judiasm, the number 666 is considered a mystical and holy number. 6 represents the six directions (up, down, north, south, east, and west). Six is considered God's number since it is the numeric value of Waw (letter). It also refers to creation, since the world was created in 6 days.

The fear of the number 666 is known as "Hexakosioihexekontahexaphobia”

So- as far as my impending labor, he will be born when he is born. I could always hang upside down on the 6th to keep him in there....or jump up and down to get him out. Regardless- we will NOT be naming him Damian or Beelzebub or Mephistopheles.