[HPforGrownups] Re: wizard family planning

[Chancie]

No: HPFGUIDX 130201

> > Chancie:
> > > OK, granted this question is coming from WAY out in left field,
> > > but I was wondering, is there any cannon on having babies in 
> > > the WW? 
> > 
>
> That is a good question. It also brings up the question of wizarding 
> world population. It seems to me that during the time LV was really 
> gaining steam, and doing a lot of the killings, there were less kids 
> being born in the wizard world. Harry's class and the years before him 
> at Hogwarts seem smaller than they would normally be.
>
> Tamara
>
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Chancie:

I would seem to me, that you probably are right about people in the WW
being less likely to have children during a time of such chaos.  It's not 
exactly an environment you would want a helpless child to be part of, or 
one that would really put you "in the mood".  And too perhaps that could
help answer JKR's answer to how many student's attend Hogwarts.  Maybe
Voldy did actually manage to lessen the amount of births in the WW.  

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How do hormones work on magical abilities? The fact that wizardling
children aren't given serious instruction until adolescence indicates
that perhaps they do. Do a witch's spells go awry more often during
THAT TIME OF THE MONTH? Do pregnant witches avoid major 
spellcastings?
 
Bruce

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Chancie:

 I would venture to say that witches probably do just as much spell 
casting when pregnant than when not.  Especially in cases like Molly, 
could you imagine if she didn't do magic when she was pregnant with 
Ginny?  I have a hard enough time keeping up with house work with 
just one toddler, could you imagine trying to deal with all her kids 
especially the twins doing Muggle cleaning, cooking and all that?
It makes me tired just thinking about it!  But, as far as hormones 
effecting magic, well hormones can effect emotion, and we know 
that strong emotion from anyone male or female can cause accidental 
magic.


Chancie