Thank God....

it's a heron and not a stork on our rooftop.... 

The stork brings the babies in the Netherlands

The story that the stork "delivers" babies, probably dates from the late 18th century. This story was not complete because there was not told from where the children were taken away by the stork. 
The explanation why mother was laying in bed, was that the stork, pricked mother in her leg....