Re: LOST: pregnant women dying

Default User wrote:
> PV wrote:
>
>> Captain Infinity <Infinity@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>>> My theory is that the time dilation on the island is the reason the
>>> pregnant women and their babies die there.  It causes the fetus to
>>> develop
>>
>> We actually got the reason last night - the bizarro healing powers of
>> the island amp up the immune system, and the mother's body rejects
>> the baby. *
>
> Then why would it matter whether the baby was conceived on or off the
> island?

It may have nothing to do with conception.  Perhaps it starts happening
when 
the placenta develops?  I'm pretty sure that's before the second trimester

but maybe it takes a while to ramp up...or something.