[LMB] Dark Beta (and immigration)

[Azalais Aranxta]

On Fri, 22 Jun 2007, Laura Gallagher wrote:

> > > Cordelia says it turns off the eggs until they are needed. So
> > > it might be chemical. In theory it could be a very localized
> > > genetic manipulation that tells the ovaries they are still six
> > > years old.
> >
> > If it did that, then sex hormones wouldn't be produced and the
> > woman who possessed the ovaries wouldn't menstruate or develop
> > breasts or be interested in sex.
>
> The quote I found in Cordelia's Honor says
> "I've had my implant since I was fourteen. I had a menstrual period
> once then, I remember. We turn them off till they're needed. I got my
> implant, and my hymen cut, and my ears pierced, and had my coming-out
> party. . . "
>
> So yes, it's after puberty, and it does stop periods.
>
> There is an implant available nowadays that functions similarly in
> many women - the Mirena.  I had one before deciding to get pregnant
> again with the baby I just had.  It turns off the periods in many
> women.  I generally jokingly called it my Betan implant.  The biggest
> difference I've seen is that they don't really recommend it for women
> who haven't had kids yet.
>
> I assure you it does not remove interest in sex.

Then it's not turning off the ovaries or the sex hormones.  It's
confusing them.  If it's making them think you're already
pregnant, then it wouldn't remove interest in sex--many women are
intensely interested in sex during early pregnancy.

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