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A question about sexFrom: Gury (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed, 27 Sep 2000 20:41:00 -0500 (CDT)
Hello, In islam, women are expected to be in waiting period of three months after divorce before they can get married again. A muslim wrote the following saying that it is for health reasons(though the Quran does not mention any *health* reasons). Can you agree or dissagree with it, please? And can you give any health reasons why a woman should not be with another man until three months is passed? [There are several good medical reasons I believe that God has asked women to wait "three cycles" before remarrying -- 1) the uterus "learns" the genetic makeup of a man's sperm and "best" accepts embryos created by that same man ; WITHOUT enough time to RESET medical problems can happen. I will try to make this as simplistic to understand as possible. Basically, there have been studies to show that when a woman is rountinely having intercourse with one man her uterus "primes" itself to the man's genetic makeup. WHY is "priming" important? Well, for those who do not know, an early embryo (blastocyst) actually implants DEEP into the uterine wall -- and HALF of its genetic makeup is TOTALLY FOREIGN TO HER BODY. When bacteria invade our bodies, our immune systems attack it. It has been a puzzle to immunologists -- WHY doesn't a woman's body DESTROY an invasive embryo with cells that are COMPLETELY foreign to it? It turns out that there are special "immune" cells in the lining of the uterus called large granulocytes that some immunlogists think LEARN to ignore just from the presence of a man's sperm in the uterus. Then, when a new embryo actually forms, it "TAKES" better -- ie, the uterus is less likely to reject it. This is further supported by the FACT that DISEASES of pregnancy that are DIRECTLY RELATED to how well the uterus "accepts" the placenta have a HIGHER INCIDENCE in women who got pregnant while having SEX WITH MULTIPLE PARTERS; examples include 1) "pre"-ecclampsia 2) ecclampsia These diseases of pregnancy are due to an inability of the placenta to TAKE WELL to the uterus -- as a result the fetus suffers and sends out distress calls; the body's response is to RAISE BLOOD PRESSURE (women with these pregnancy diseases have HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE) to try to get blood to the baby!! The theory is that uterus's that are not PROPERLY primed by a man's sperm (Rather, they are primed by the man she USUALLY sleeps with). So a woman was having intercourse with one man mostly but cheated and got pregnant by another man --OR-- (my therory) one who did NOT CHEAT but did not WAIT THREE CYCLES for her uterus to shed the lining already primed by one man's sperm. No one has proven that three cycles is a magic number but I'd be willing to bet it is the perfect amount of time for her lining to RESET and be ready for another man. NOTE: this also proves why polyandry is not such a hot idea [I'd be willing to bet a study of women who practice polyandry would have TWICE the incidence of pre-eclampsia and Ecclampsia than other women] and why the Qur'an doesn't condone it (it amazes me the accuracy of this beautiful book Qur'an) 2) Most ABORTIONS (as high as 95% by some sources), if they will happen at all, occur in the FIRST TRIMESTER. Keep in mind that bleeding in the first trimester of pregnancy may not represent a new "cycle" at all but the body trying to rid itself of a pregnancy gone awry ... this is a time when the body needs rest as it is making a critical decision (and certainly the uterus is not ready for another potential pregnancy) 3)Vaginal bleeding does not always represent a "cycle." So one cycle is probably not enough to "prove" pregnancy. But really this is a stupid point. Even if a woman is pregnant, this is a moot point in terms of intercourse I think. So what if a woman is pregnant ... intercourse with a pregnant woman has no serious medial complications .. unless a woman suffers from a condition caused cervical incompetence. Of course, sexually transmitted diseases are always a risk to a baby but if we follow our qur'anic rule of monogamy then we should be OK there!! I'm not an obstetrician but I found the topic of "pre-eclampsia" interesting in medical school and did some research on it ... tell me what you all think of my theory!]
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