Well, I'm gonna need baby names... again... - Page 2

Peaches · 11-12-2003

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Originally posted by Lisa@Nov 12 2003, 11:38 PM
Question tho...why 'the rabbit died'? I've heard that expression only once before and I didn't understand it then either...lol.

(I'm so helpful :P )
The origins of the "rabbit test" lie with the discovery in the 1920s that a woman starts producing a hormone known as human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) shortly after a fertilized egg implants itself in the uterine wall. (It was later discovered that the presence of hCG causes the placenta to produce progesterone after implantation, necessary to prevent rejection of the developing embryo.) In 1927, medical researchers found that not only is hCG present in the urine of pregnant women, but that female rabbits injected with urine containing hCG would, within a few days, display distinct ovarian changes. Thus the "rabbit test" was born, and with it the misconception that the rabbit's death was an indicator of a positive result. In those early tests, the rabbit always died, because the animal had to be killed before its ovaries could be examined. Later refinements to the test enabled clinicians to inspect the ovaries without having to kill the rabbits first, but as the example cited above demonstrates, the misconception that the test rabbit died only if the woman was pregnant is still with us today, even though the "rabbit test" itself is not.

Dravyk · 11-12-2003

Carrie, congrats!

Peaches, very interesting! Aways wondered about that.

But I think the writer could have found a better word than "misconception" to use in the article.

Lisa · 11-12-2003

Wow, thanks Peaches. You are a helpful little duck aren't you?

Sabby my eldest is a girl, the other two are boys and quite frankly I'd rather have the boys...lol. (Don't tell Alex I said that tho!)

They're just easier to handle somehow...hard to explain really. I love my daughter to death but on a purely pragmatic level...the boys are easier.

Vick · 11-12-2003

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Originally posted by Lisa@Nov 12 2003, 10:38 PM
Question tho...why 'the rabbit died'? I've heard that expression only once before and I didn't understand it then either...lol.

Oh Peaches, come on you know that a reference from the Aerosmith song "Sweet Emotion"

he he

I pulled into town in a police car
Your daddy said I took you just a little too far
Ya tellin' me things but'chor girlfriend lied
You can't catch me 'cause the rabbit done died

A yes it did

spazlabz · 11-13-2003

Congrats!

Torone · 11-13-2003

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Originally posted by Carrie@Nov 12 2003, 09:19 AM
June 26th, 2004.
That's my due date according to multiple online pregancy calendars. I suspect you guys will have a pool going though as it gets closer, LOL.
I'm 7 weeks pregnant!

I think this time I'll have a sonogram to tell the baby's sex - we didn't last time and it drove my parents absolutely NUTS. Since it's been 5 years since I did the whole pain-in-the-ass doctor thing (last pregnancy I just took care of myself and didn't see a doctor), I can't even remember what week the sexing sonogram usually takes place. There's been lots of little ones popping up around here lately - when did you guys/gals find out your baby's sex?

Bring on the weight gain... ughhhhhh... the boobs have already started expanding and have gotten noticably heavier.
Thank god I don't get morning sickness.

That's my birthday!!!

wig · 11-13-2003

Carrie, Congratulations and best wishes!

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wig Members Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,248	Carrie, Congratulations and best wishes!