Question about the atmosphere and labor?

Question

I am almost 39 wks and we have a possible hurricane coming tommrow and someone told me that the change in the atmosphere or sumthing to do with the storm could put me in labor is this true or just a wise tale?

Answer 1

OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to determine whether there is a relationship between changes in atmospheric pressure and spontaneous onset of labor in term pregnancy. STUDY DESIGN: All women admitted to Medical Center of Central Massachusetts-Memorial Hospital with spontaneous onset of labor at term and who were delivered on the service during a 12-month period represent the cohort for this study. Each maternal chart was abstracted to ensure that each member of the cohort met the inclusion criteria. Hourly recordings of atmospheric pressure made at the Worcester Station of the National Weather Service, Department of Commerce, were used as the meteorologic data points of interest. Least-squares regression was used to determine an equation that expresses the probability of the onset of labor in this cohort as a function of gestational age, which was used to calculate expected numbers for the statistical analyses. Two relationships were studied: (1) the ratio of the observed to the expected number of onsets of labor and (2) the initiation of labor and atmospheric pressure changes in the preceding 3 hours. RESULTS: Three-hour periods of falling atmospheric pressure were less often followed by initiation of labor than were the periods with other types of pressure sequences. No association was observed between the onset of labor and days of low mean pressure. CONCLUSION: Although there was an observed statistically significant association between falling barometric pressure and onset of labor, the magnitude of the difference is not of clinical significance.



please be safe

Answer 2

A million things could cause labor if you believe in wives' tales but the honest truth is that when the baby is ready, baby will release a hormone to your body that triggers labor. Don't worry about it but if you are, then get an emergency labor kit to keep with you at all times in case you are concerned about the hurricane and its consequences.

Answer 3

I've never heard that, but I don't live in hurricane country. Maybe if the weather makes you really nervous it could affect your body enough to start labor, but it sounds like a silly old wives' tale to me.

Answer 4

What I think they are referring to is how much stress you feel about the hurricane coming. Stress can alter the hormones in your body and may induce labor, but i don't think the actual atmosphere itself will contribute to it. Good Luck!

Answer 5

the drop in barometric pressure can cause contractions and/or your water to break. is it also a full moon? that can do it too! nothing is 100% of course, but at 39 weeks, anything can happen!

good luck!

Answer 6

Ernesto? is that it? i thought that was a tropical storm..... i wouldn't worry about it. i think they're just messing with you. but that would suck if ernesto did become a hurricane and you went into labor right in the middle of it... but i wouldn't worry. it just supposed to rain alot. :)

Answer 7

Nothing founded to that fact. But it could be possible that if storms scare or excite you enough to get your adrnaline pumping enough to induce labor.

Answer 8

You must be down south-i'd get outta town if I could. If it gets bad and the hospitals go down you could be in trouble if you do go into labor.

Answer 9

If you are high risk then the stress can. It depends on the risk factors of your pregnancy

Answer 10

Anything is possible! It could. I would evacuate if I were you. For your sake and the sake of the baby.