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[–] bleistift2@sopuli.xyz 45 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I don’t buy that explanation. Why would that dose of radiation be more harmful to a more developed fetus?

The crew just doesn’t want to deal with a mother spontaneously giving birth, and the airline doesn’t want to deal with the paperwork of taking off with n passengers and landing with n+1. And no-one wants to find out the nationality of a baby born over the Atlantic.

[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 39 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Correct. As a father of four and who moved across an ocean when one of them was six months in utero it has more to do with concerns that changes in air pressure might induce early labor.

Edit: I realize this post reads like I abandoned my family when one of my kids was six months away from being born. I didn’t. But it’s a funny enough mistake that I’m not changing it.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] FrChazzz@lemmus.org 7 points 3 days ago

Eh. Should’ve got menthols.

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