The Myth of the Babyland General Hospital

Ronald Reagan gave a directive to the makers of it to show what we would look like following the survival of a nuclear holocaust. That led to one of the great myths about cabbage patch kids that circulated in the 80s. The birthing process lasts under three minutes. A nurse in Scrubs and Latex gloves stands among the cabbages and tells the crowd that mother cabbage has dilated the full ten leaves apart. Every half hour or so, an employee dressed as a doctor or nurse gets on the PA and announces there is a code green. And it's time to head to the magical crystal tree to watch a baby being born.