Full Story: The Guardian Monday 31 October 2011
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| A link between the state of mind of pregnant women and their hormone levels could explain the fall in births on Halloween. Photograph: Czarek Sokolowski/AP |
While Halloween is nearing, there are many would-be-mothers who do not want to have Halloween babies. The question is: Can they help it? A recent study answers in affirmative as the research spanned over 11 years show that there is a dramatic decrease of child births on cursed days like the Halloween.
The study concludes:
Pregnant women are capable of influencing the timing of their babies' births, according to a study that shows fewer children are born on Halloween.
Dr Rebecca Levy of Yale School of Public Health, who led the study, said Halloween's associations with death, evil and skeletons might subconsciously put women off giving birth.
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