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Baitball Blogger

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17. Is this really a mystery?

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Tue Jul 21, 2020, 07:12 AM

Jul 2020

Woman are usually working until they go into labor, and they're wondering why staying at home, away from the pressures of work is improving the viability of their pregnancies?

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During Coronavirus Lockdowns, Some Doctors Wondered: Where Are the Preemies? [View all] BigmanPigman Jul 2020 OP

Normally I'd have some kind of theory for something like this ... mr_lebowski Jul 2020 #1

Maybe mothers to be were walking less as they were in lockdown? Or applegrove Jul 2020 #2

Oh, man, if it turns out to be pollution-driven that would be amazing ... mr_lebowski Jul 2020 #4

They'll do what they always do... JHB Jul 2020 #5

This is of course exactly what'll happen ... mr_lebowski Jul 2020 #8

Precisely Sherman A1 Jul 2020 #15

True this. But the corrupt right wing extremists will find evangelicals and catholics applegrove Jul 2020 #6

Maybe they were walking less . . . Jillgirl Jul 2020 #13

Home cooked meals? safeinOhio Jul 2020 #3

somehow E.T.s have to be involved. Garion_55 Jul 2020 #7

I'm not saying... klook Jul 2020 #10

Maybe they got more rest. Alwaysna Jul 2020 #9

This soothsayer Jul 2020 #11

More rest and less stress I'd say. Maraya1969 Jul 2020 #16

"nearly empty NICU." What a great thing. Hortensis Jul 2020 #12

In some families that have kept to old wives tales Deb Jul 2020 #14

Is this really a mystery? Baitball Blogger Jul 2020 #17