Avoiding Halloween Babies

"Women may be avoiding giving birth on Halloween, a new study suggests.

Looking at the numbers of spontaneous, Caesarian and induced births in the two week period surrounding the ghoulish holiday, the team of Yale scientists found a clear dip in babies born on October 31.

The study, Influence of Valentine's Day and Halloween on Birth Timing, published by the Journal of Social Science and Medicine, also indicated a spike in births on Valentine's Day."

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