Strange, but true. A recent study led by Shevach Friedler published in the medical journal Fertility and Sterility showed that laughter can promote pregnancy:
To test the idea, the research team had a medical clown visit their fertility clinic periodically over one year. Of the 219 women in the study, half underwent embryo transfer on a day the clown was at the clinic.
During recovery from the procedure, each woman had a 15-minute visit from the clown, who performed a specific routine created by Friedler – who has studied movement and mime – and a colleague.
The researchers found that, compared to women who came to the clinic on a "non-clown" day, those who'd had a laugh were more than twice as likely to become pregnant, when other factors such as age, type of infertility and the number of embryos transferred, were taken into account.
That said, I'm glad I hate them. I'll take any fertility drop I can get.
Q2: What ethical doctor would purposely try to impregnate a woman that though clowns were funny?
I was going to ask what man would be with such a woman but clearly these woman are all single since no man would stick around a woman who tought clowns were funny and that's why they are at the fertility clinic.
Perhaps the women that were there on a clown day desperately wanted to never return to such a horrible event and this feeling was so powerful, it kick-started whatever mechano-chemical process was necessary for successful fertilization.
I find it probable that it increased the chance of conception, but I doubt that Friedler created the routine.
Flight of the Conchords for the win. :)
A++ Would LOL again!
Bwa ha ha ha!
Seriously, though, there's something wrong with you if you find clowns funny.