Baby boom expected after heavy snow

[dutchman]

A baby boom is expected in nine months because of the recent heavy snow, reports say.

According to The Daily Telegraph, studies abroad have shown that there is a rise in births nine months after heavy snow.

The Royal College of Midwives explained that the extra births will come at a busy time because they will follow babies conceived at Christmas.

RCM director Jacque Gerrard said that hospitals are expecting a "significant" baby boom.

"All across the country, people have been snowed in, or getting home from work early so they can escape the worst of the weather," she added. "Some of them are going stir crazy, others are finding ways to entertain themselves.

"We are expecting a double whammy from September, on top of the normal Christmas conceptions."

Meanwhile, economist Howard Archer said: "There is evidence from across the world that severe weather conditions can have an impact on conception rates, and it's not hard to work out why.

"If couples are snowed in and can't leave their house some of them are going to make their own entertainment."

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