Well they keep going on about love as the deciding factor and the Cylons - especially Caprica - believe that, but they also made a point of establishing her stress levels (Why wasn't Tigh getting food for her anyway!)
Hera was older in the womb (the first four months are when a festus is likely to die), but still had potential to miscarry with the stress. I can't remember how old she was gestationally when Athena went into labour. The constitution of the mother has a lot to do with things as well, though often, and again very sadly, sometimes miscarriages have no apparent reason.
A friend of mine just lost a baby at four months in, and there was no where near this level of stress in her life. Meanwhile another just lost her third child in as many years. With the tragedy in the past, she was more than making sure she was healthy and calm, but sometimes, inexplicably, things don't work out.
Were I still pregnant, I could not have watched any of this episode until my baby was born and I knew she was safe and sound and healthy. Miscarriage is a horrible fear and the catch-22 is that fearing it = more stress... .:(
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Date: 2009-02-22 09:45 pm (UTC)Hera was older in the womb (the first four months are when a festus is likely to die), but still had potential to miscarry with the stress. I can't remember how old she was gestationally when Athena went into labour. The constitution of the mother has a lot to do with things as well, though often, and again very sadly, sometimes miscarriages have no apparent reason.
A friend of mine just lost a baby at four months in, and there was no where near this level of stress in her life. Meanwhile another just lost her third child in as many years. With the tragedy in the past, she was more than making sure she was healthy and calm, but sometimes, inexplicably, things don't work out.
Were I still pregnant, I could not have watched any of this episode until my baby was born and I knew she was safe and sound and healthy. Miscarriage is a horrible fear and the catch-22 is that fearing it = more stress... .:(