Full moon

[Aggie_Ama]

Last night the cat and dog were PSYCHO. At about 3:00 am it suddenly turned into the Indy 500 with them playing until one fell off the bed and then chasing each other around the house. Collars jingling, dog yipping, cat chirping, Heidi's (dog) claw making noise as she tore around corners at lightning fast speed and DH whining. Please tell me it was the full moon.

[Reesha]

I've always wondered what kind of effect the moon has (for real!).

When I was very small, my grandmother played the organ at a catholic home for mentally ill people and she took me with her. I was pretty scared while I was there because they were pretty noisy. One of the nurses there told me it was because it was a full moon and that the patients were always more active when it was a full moon. As a science teacher now, upon further reflection it was most likely superstition!

I tried to find some articles and for the most part, scientists have debunked the whole full moon effect thing.

But just because scientists can't seem to find a link doesn't necessarily mean there isn't one! They couldn't figure out for decades and decades how the bumblebee was able to fly given its mass and wing size. Maybe they just haven't figured it out yet

Anyway, that sounds like animal mischief! Do you think it could have been coincidence?

[Biciclista]

it is the full moon.
talk to Emergency Room employees and midwives.
lots of time i feel really awful during the full moon. Or really excited. Scoff if you like, but fishermen,mushroom hunters and farmers pay special attention to moon phases for planting, fishing and harvesting. Why would humans be exempt from the effects of it?

[Reesha]

Haha midwives. It's the gravity of the moon pulling on the babies! I have also heard this as well, and it's just really funny!

Sounds to me like it's just one of those things that's totally unquantifiable.

You know how women's periods sync up? That must be pretty hard to quantify but it totally happens! I've had at least 3 pregnancy scares because my ovaries decided to make play dates with those of various former roommates.

[Tuckervill]

I wouldn't laugh at midwives. I don't think many of them are stupid enough to say the moon's gravity is pulling the babies out!

I think many of them are smart enough to say that there are noticeable patterns in life, and it's not necessarily up to us to understand them or be able to explain them, and to just accept things as they are. My daughter-in-law's midwife recently predicted the date and time of her impending birth, and whether her older son would be awake or asleep, and she even determined his weight, and it was all true in the end. Don't discount intuition.

That said, the full moon is very bright and it MUST disrupt our circadian rhythm in some way, maybe affecting some people more than others. I just spent this whole weekend in the woods next to a pristine national river, and I'm sure my soul was soothed by the whole environment.

Karen

[Reesha]

I wouldn't laugh at midwives. I don't think many of them are stupid enough to say the moon's gravity is pulling the babies out!

I think many of them are smart enough to say that there are noticeable patterns in life, and it's not necessarily up to us to understand them or be able to explain them, and to just accept things as they are. My daughter-in-law's midwife recently predicted the date and time of her impending birth, and whether her older son would be awake or asleep, and she even determined his weight, and it was all true in the end. Don't discount intuition.

That said, the full moon is very bright and it MUST disrupt our circadian rhythm in some way, maybe affecting some people more than others. I just spent this whole weekend in the woods next to a pristine national river, and I'm sure my soul was soothed by the whole environment.

Karen

you thought i was making fun of midwives? i guess it looks like i was, but i wasn't. i was just repeating midwives for reference and then making a joke about the moon pulling babies out. doctors and nurses probably make the same observation.

[short cut sally]

Mimi, as an emergency room employee, I can tell you this is our observations.
First of the month, weekend, full moon means only one thing. The oddities come out of the woodwork. We dread this combo.