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Originally Posted by Jerry
It is really sad -
I have a 19th century sex manual (The creation of a new life.) That explains all of the things a woman should and should not do while pregnant, and all the dire consequences. Most important, was keeping thoughts pure and high-minded - for example, if you wanted the child to be an artist, you should spend much of the pregnancy studying art.
So if your child had a clef lip, or any other deformity, it was clearly the fault of the mother. Maternal twins were once thought to be proof of adultry. The guilt imposed upon mothers whenever a child is born that is less than perfect was, and still is tragic.
That said, an eclipse does present a unique gravitational/electromagnetic environment, and it would be interesting to determine if a statistical link of some kind could be established between eclipses and odd cell division. (Obviously, the likely answer is a great big NO.)
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Sorry for diggin up an old post...but that sounds like it may be somewhat reasonable. We know, scientifically, that a woman's experiences can have an effect on her baby while pregnant (now I'm not agreeing with stuff like not having your craving = weird birthmarks, I'm referring to situations like emotions resulting in different chemical releases that end up affecting the little one).
Could it not be possible that a visual connection exists between baby and child? Have there been scientific studies made?
I'm not much of a biology buff, so if I'm wrong feel free to rip my previous paragraphs to shreds...(woo physics!)