Re: LOST: pregnant women dying

Default User wrote:
> Victor Velazquez wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Then that is contrary to the stated evidence in the show. They have
> repeatedly said that it is conception that matters.

That may be what they believe but they haven't had a great environment for

experimentation.  Granted, it probably is as they claim it to be since it 
doesn't seem like an area where complication would serve the story in any 
way.