TO PENDRAGON:
yes, twin boys, they are five.
yes, i take umbrage to your inference.
to anyone else who cares:
you know, i can be wrong about firearms, alot, and it doesn't matter.
however, i know ALOT about pregnancy, birth, medicine and womens health.
and i really can't be wrong in those areas
do you really want to argue with me about these topics?
endangering pregnant women and their unborn infants
is anathema and antethetical to my existance.
I AM the one person who has to cut through all the
garbage which is told to pregnant women
and tell them what ACTUALLY poses a risk to their fetus.
Please believe whatever you would like.
Please feel free to abstain from shooting while pregnant.
But in answer to the original question as to whether
women who are pregnant can shoot,
the answer is 'yes'.
you really don't need to read the rest, because the rest
is just the rantings of 'some guy on this gun board on the internet'
Dr. Heiskell is an acquaintance of mine and an "expert" about alot of stuff.
He is an ER physician and more into the tactical world. He is not a researcher.
He is not an OB nor does he have to tell pregnant women every day
what may or may not pose a risk to their fetus.
If you read the OPINION of the authors they state that there is NO EVIDENCE
as to the impact of loud noises on the fetus. And the "experts" they cite
have differing OPINIONS. In the EEC they have noise limits for pregnant
women. That's great! Mom also gets a year off after the delivery in Sweden!
Just so you know, in the Scandanavian countries OB's routinely reccommend sauna to
their pregnant patients BUT IN THE USA WE ADVISE AGAINST IT!!
One cultural conclusion/recommendation is neither DATA nor FACT; just more
opinion.
As to lead, more conjecture and opinion.
We know Heavy metals are dangerous, especially to kids and to feti;
BUT the data comes from mercury exposure to pregnant women who
worked in hat factories around 1900. Unfortunately,
there is NO DATA from which to draw conclusions regarding the actual exposure
to a fetus if mom SHOOTS GUNS. It's neither equivalent, nor can it be
acurately extrapolated.
If mom shoots. She already has lead in her system.
And the fetus will be exposed to lead during the pregnancy.
Even if she does not shoot when pregnant!
(Metals are not 'cleared' from the body.)
FWIW, the quote above is an utter fabrication,
loud noises do not cause any bad effects including:
miscarriage, intrauterine growth retardation, premature delivery (less than 37 weeks), decreased birth weight, hearing loss in babies and children, altered immune response in the fetus and hypertension during pregnancy (a potentially severe disorder)
just so you know lots of activities are incorrectly blamed for bad occurances:
powerlines cause cancer, for example. and even if one person were to be born
deaf who's mom worked in a loud environment doesn't mean the loud
environment caused deafness (anedote does not equal causality).
And since you brought it up:
25% of all human pregnancies which reach 6+ weeks miscarry.
85% of them are because of genetic defects which are
incompatible with life the rest we don't know why.
75% of women who have a positive pregnancy test on day 32 of the menstrual
cycle miscarry!! most before they even know they are pregnant.
50% intrauterine growth retardation occurs because of smoking, drug use, placental
problems and infections in mom, the rest we don't know why.
33% of premature labor happens because of smoking, drug use, placental
problems and infections in mom, the rest we don't know why.
no one knows why some babies have premature delivery
(which means before 36 or 34 weeks, because delivery after
36 weeks is not stopped and is considered of no concern in a spontaneous labor).
except for the occurance of infections
(particularly due to the exanthema of childhood: measles, rubella, et al and herpes)
no one know why kids are born blind or deaf.
i don't even know what an "altered immune system" really means so I can't tell
you what may cause it, but if it was a disease, that would be different.
these are all bad things, BUT
sometimes bad things just happen and
no one and nothing is to blame!!
humans are not machines which
easily lend themselves to causal relationships.
The chemicals inhaled at the nail salon (xylenes) are MORE dangerous
than lead, but women who are pregnant are want to give
up visits to the salon, and often refuse to believe that there
could be a risk from an activity which they desire to persue.
PS: how come no one fills out the profile and actually admits to a profession...
There's nothing like having a new purchase 'taken' away by my better half.:banghead: 