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From: jack@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin)
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Subject: Re: Babies born in space.
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Date: 14 Mar 89 12:01:15 GMT
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In all this attention to foetal development, the mother seems to been forgotten
about.  Since bones lose a lot of calcium in zero-G, and pregnancy requires a
lot of calcium for the baby, there may well be serious problems for her; and
some of the chemical fixes that might prevent decalcification are hazardous
to the foetus.

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