This is what I suspect as well. Barack Obama Sr.'s INS file revealed that they planned to give him up for adoption. Vancouver had well known Salvation Army homes and adoption facilities for Unwed Mothers, but I expect Stanley Ann ran into a snag when she discovered that 1961 White couples weren't interested in adopting a half black baby, leaving her with no choice but to take care of him herself. The rejection of her baby is Probably another reason she hated her own folk so much.
Showing up in Seattle in mid to late August of 1961, and not knowing how to change a diaper indicates to me she was in the region all along, and didn't fly there just after he was born. (As others have pointed out, the airlines wouldn't have allowed it.)
Aunt Eleanor Birkebeile lived in Canada at this time, so I suspect she stayed with Aunt Eleanor initially. Of course, Idiot "Kansas58" probably thinks he'd be a natural born citizen anyway, even though the law explicitly says that Stanley Ann wasn't old enough to convey citizenship.
I saw a video early in 2008 showing her friend in Seattle talking about Ann’s visit in August, 1961 with the baby. She said Ann didn’t even know how to diaper little Barry.
I had a baby 2 wks before I turned 19. I was in the hospital 2 1/2 days. When I went home, I was bleeding heavily. I did nothing strenuous, but being young and healthy, I saw no harm in being up, making formula, etc. Within 2 days, I was suffering with flu like symptoms. This turned out to be exhaustion. My doctor told me if I did not go to bed and let someone else care for the baby, he was putting me back in the hospital. I rested for another week while my aunt cared for the baby.
Because of this experience, I thought the most likely place for Ann to be 3 wks after giving birth was close to Seattle.
I then thought about a young rebellious pregnant teenager deciding to buck the adult system, keep her baby, and go to college in Washington all on her own and show everyone how adult she was and how she could manage without them.
This is my theory. I wish someone would try and find some evidence of her in Canada or Washington prior to the birth.