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I was watching the local cable 24 hour news in Orlando. They had OB/GYN doctors who said they were seeing a dramatic increase of births-to-be in Orlando. The birthing classes are full "as the hurricane babies are due in about a month."
News13 (24 hour news), doesn't have a website so I can't post a url. It was just an interview with local doctors and hospitals. Sure we were without electricity for a week so there was no tv and only candlelight, but I wasn't aware that birth control needed electricity to work. Plus without electricity we had no air conditioning.
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quote:Sure we were without electricity for a week so there was no tv and only candlelight, but I wasn't aware that birth control needed electricity to work. Plus without electricity we had no air conditioning.
I see your point about the BC, but what does AC have to do with it.
Although I have not seen any hard stats, there is some evidence that it has happened.
quote:"There's not much to substantiate it and this is not scientific at all," said Kelly Breedlove, a registered nurse and director of obstetrics at Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne. "But from all the physicians I've talked to, there is definitely an increase of women who are expecting babies in May and June."
On average, about 181 babies are born at Holmes each month. That's about six babies a day. During the next two months, nurses are bracing themselves for more.
"We have a gut feeling that we are in for some busy months," Breedlove said.
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quote:Originally posted by B Hamilton: Sure we were without electricity for a week so there was no tv and only candlelight, but I wasn't aware that birth control needed electricity to work. Plus without electricity we had no air conditioning.
No TV, no school, no work = more time. No air conditioning = less clothing. If you can buy that the environment was ripe for more lovemaking, law of averages says there will be more babies.
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Well it seems, at least to me, if the Black-out babies is a myth, then the hurricane babies might be also. From the snopes article: "Nine months after such events — blackouts, blizzards, earthquakes, erupting volcanoes, ice storms, and even strikes by professional football players — reports about "baby booms" in local hospitals invariably appear in the media. However, these "booms" always turn out to be nothing more than natural fluctuations in the birth rate (or, in many cases, no variation in the birth rate at all)."
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I survived two hurricanes last year, and let me tell you, NFBSKing was the last thing on my mind. However, that doesn't necessarily mean that is wasn't on other peoples' minds.
- Pseudo "rock you like a hurricane" Croat
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quote:Originally posted by Drag, the Magic Puffin: No TV, no school, no work = more time. No air conditioning = less clothing. If you can buy that the environment was ripe for more lovemaking, law of averages says there will be more babies. [/QB]
LOL at the "No air conditioning = less clothing" argument.
"Honey, as long as you're down to the bra and panties anyway, might as well take it all off..."
Does an extra layer of clothing really get in the way of people's lovemaking? Given a choice, would most people rather watch TV than make love?
Another thing I've always been curious about -- I know several people for who all their kids were born exactly 9 months after their anniversary date. Do this people only NFBSK once a year, or... I suppose these people normally rely on 'natural methods' for birth control and when exceptions are made, sometimes babies result?
I must say that I find "Some women said hurricanes Charley, Frances and Jeanne and their aftermath made it difficult for them to reach their pharmacies for birth-control pills." possibly plausible, but I'd like to see the actual figures first.
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