BELLY BAROMETER: LABOR PAINS PREDICT STORMS

BELLY BAROMETER: LABOR PAINS PREDICT STORMS

BILLERICA, Mass. (Wireless Flash) -- It used to be that folks predicted bad weather with their aching joints -- now they're doing it with their pregnant bellies. According to meteorologist Joe D'Aleo of Weather Services International, pregnant women who are close to giving birth often feel labor pains right before a large storm. D'Aleo says as the air pressure drops before a storm, the amniotic fluid inside the women's body reacts and triggers labor pains. The "belly barometer" effect often leads to increased hospital admissions for women giving birth -- but hospitals could prepare for onslaughts of storm-induced births simply by looking at daily weather forecasts. D'Aleo maintains a weather forecast site -- http://www.intellicast.com -- that reveals potential effects weather conditions may have on all aspects of health.

CONTACT: Joe D'Aleo, ****; Arrange thru Erik Watnick; NYC; (212) 885-0367