[Avodah] length of pregnancy

[T613K at aol.com]

>> Google says a lot of  people believe that if they are close to term, 
women  
are more likely  to go into labor when there is a /full/ moon. However 
Google 
also says that  scientific studies fail to prove this. I believe that the 
same  number  of children are born every day of the year, the only 
significant  
uptick  being nine months after a major power failure. <<  [--TK]






>>>>>
 
Someone sent me an article off list (sorry don't have a link) re a study  
done in J-m hospital -- it showed that more babies were born in the 24 hours  
after Yom Kippur than would be expected randomly.  These were full term  
babies, the study did not show that fasting brought on premature delivery.   
The suggestion is that mild dehydration may bring on labor, so presumably  
the same would be true after Tisha B'Av.  Even though the study was  
inconclusive on this point, the article suggested that a pregnant  woman with a 
history of premature deliveries might want to ask a shaila  about fasting on Y'K 
(I guess just having some water).
 
 


--Toby Katz
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Romney -- good  values, good family, good  hair


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