> "Rob Weisskirch" wrote > A student claims that because of the added hormones during pregnancy that > female infants sometimes have residual hormone levels and have like a > mini-period shortly after birth. Is this really a "mini-period?" or is it > fluid that is trapped in the > vagina that comes out in a few days post birth? That doesn't surprise me at all. human chorionic gonadotrophin is LH-like in its activity, causing newborn males to have genitals that are much larger than they are a few weeks after birth. So I see no reason why something analogous wouldn't occur in females. Ed ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Graduate Coordinator, Holocaust and Genocide Studies http://www.wcupa.edu/_ACADEMICS/holocaust/ Department of Psychology, West Chester Univ. of Pennsylvania ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, bluegrass fiddler and herpetoculturist (http://hometown.aol.com/eip1/home.html) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .
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