18 January 2011

Become pregnant while laughing?

Interesting story that:

In a study of 219 women undergoing IVF published in Fertility and Sterility, an Israeli team led by Shevach Friedler found that the odds of success were greater among women who were entertained by a professional "medical clown" just after the embryos were transferred to their wombs.


Overall, 36 percent became pregnant, as compared to 20 percent of women who'd had a comedy-free recovery after the transfer procedure.
All's well that ends well. Only... I hope that this clown wasn't our ex-president in disguise in a new job...

4 comments:

Dick Stanley said...

Considering how different than their parents some children turn out, laughing might be the best way to begin the whole deal. Beats crying.

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Definitely. Laughing is supposed to increase our lifespan.

jams o donnell said...

Laughter may be the best medicine but I would have thought  clown, even a medical one, would have had the prospective mothers putting guns to their heads!

SnoopyTheGoon said...

Could have been some unusually astute character. I hate clowns by and large.