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Confirmed: Having sex doesn’t induce labor
‘We are a little disappointed that we did not find an association,’ said author Dr Tan Peng Chiong.
‘It would have been nice for couples to have something safe, effective and perhaps even fun that they could use themselves to help go into labour a little earlier if (they) wanted.’
On the plus side, the team said having sex is usually perfectly safe before the woman’s waters have broken.
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Wanna bet – nine months later?
OldEnglish on November 22, 2012 at 10:38 PM
There’s a Twinkie joke in here somewhere.
Shy Guy on November 22, 2012 at 10:48 PM
I’d like to see the list of volunteers for that study…
RoadRunner on November 22, 2012 at 10:51 PM
Thought the kids tend to have an aptitude for jousting.
Ronnie on November 22, 2012 at 11:18 PM
Reproduction ain’t reproduction.
———- Clintoon weasel words
viking01 on November 22, 2012 at 11:23 PM
It certainly can if it produces an over-abundance of protein in the uterus. It isn’t common, but it can happen if you work at it often enough.
GWB on November 22, 2012 at 11:38 PM
or a black eye.
arnold ziffel on November 22, 2012 at 11:40 PM
How Whack-a-Mole champions are made.
viking01 on November 22, 2012 at 11:50 PM
Sheesh, don’t use this in pregnancy prevention classes.
Schadenfreude on November 23, 2012 at 12:06 AM
“Not to mention that failure to reject the null hypothesis is hard on the ol’ grant prospects”
WeekendAtBernankes on November 23, 2012 at 2:34 AM
Yuppies hardest hit.
BigGator5 on November 23, 2012 at 8:21 AM
Perhaps they weren’t doing it right and need to try, try, try again? Methinks that this is one time most folks will happily agree to be “anti-science”.
JohnAGJ on November 23, 2012 at 9:00 AM
Just wondering if the study was conducted with Itty Bitty Thingy
or Big Jim Slade as participants.
BobMbx on November 23, 2012 at 9:03 AM
Also confirmed: Being close to going into labor doesn’t induce erection.
legalimmigrant on November 23, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Time to remake the episode of Friends where Rachel is impatiently waiting for Emma’s birth.
Paging Ross Geller!
honsy on November 23, 2012 at 9:21 AM
Junk science!
dczombie on November 23, 2012 at 9:27 AM
Meanwhile, this shocking discovery: http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2012/11/21/survey-sex-makes-adults-happier-than-having-children/
davidk on November 23, 2012 at 9:31 AM
There are proteins in semen that soften the cervix. In fact, the cream the ob-gyn puts on a woman’s cervix to help soften it for delivery is made from pig semen. Just a little something for you to eww yourself to sleep with at night.
Sekhmet on November 23, 2012 at 9:42 AM
Nope, I don’t buy this especially when we laid off nookie during the last few months of my son’s wombtime. And to make labor happen we actually tried this. My water broke about a half and hour after said nookie.
melle1228 on November 23, 2012 at 12:57 PM