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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do believe statistically, this is correct - labor is more likely to start at night, although obviously it's far from universal. I've heard that it's evolutionary - it's safer to be laboring at night when it's dark than in the daytime where you're visible/exposed. In fact, there's some evidence that this is driven by light, and thus arriving at the hospital once labor starts can slow labor down a bit (not much at all!) if you arrive in the middle of the night, because the hospital is so well lit. I'm not like a crunchy granola mom or even an attachment parent or anything - gave birth in a hospital with an epidural, sleep trained right at 4 months - but I believe there's some science to back this up, I remember reading some summaries of studies on it when I was pregnant. Too lazy to look for sources right now, but maybe someone else can find them. [/quote] Oh love it! I shall hide in my closet all day.[/quote]
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