[HPforGrownups] pregnant animagi

[Jinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 4075


----- Original Message -----
From: heidi <heidi.h.tandy.c92 at alumni.upenn.edu>
To: <HPforGrownups at egroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 9:54 PM
Subject: Re: [HPforGrownups] pregnant animagi


>
>
> Amanda Lewanski wrote:
>
> > Rita Winston wrote:
> >
> > > *** A long time ago, this list discussed what happens if a female
> > > Animagus is pregnant and doesn't switch back to human form before
> > > giving birth, and concluded that Crookshanks is McGonagall's love
> > > child by a Muggle-type Persian tomcat.
> >
> > I wonder if a pregnant Animagus *could* transform, since the fetus is
its
> > own entity, although connected. Wouldn't it remain human? And you can't
do
> > two spells at once, to Transform the baby, too.
>
> But there is probably some way to do 2 spells at once - otherwise, witches
who
> apparate without knowing they were pregnant would leave the fetus behind
which
> wouldprobably be some sort of a Splinch.

Bear in mind that the foetus is still part of the mother's body.  It really
doesn't have much of a separate identity, at least not in the early stages
of pregnancy.  I think the spell to Apparate or Transform must work on the
whole body, and change/move the foetus with it.  Although there's probably
medical warnings against heavily pregnant witches doing it.

Jinx