Pregnancy is a time of both joy and fear
While we Reveal the miracle of life showcased in all its glory
it's also incredibly complex and not without risk.
Today we're going to take a closer look at the reasoning and scientific facts
Behind why the holy quran has specific stated periods of waiting
for women to not begin and now the sexual relationship
After separationm divorce or the death of their husband
and it has a lot to do with pregnancy
First a few scientific facts about the female reproductive system
Spotting and perimenopause
Spotting is the term used when a woman experiences vaginal bleeding
Usually associated with her monthly period or menstrual cycle
Normally spotting occurs at the beginning and end of the menstrual cycle
and in most cases it is a sign
that the woman is experiencing a normal cycle and is not pregnant,
however approximately twenty to thirty percent of the time spotting is actually caused
by pregnancy in the first trimester
Usually between four to eight weeks after a woman has become pregnant
This leads to a very common and very dangerous misconception
that the woman is not pregnant when in fact she is indeed with child.
Another scientific fact concerns women as they age and approach menopause,
When this happens a woman stops ovulating
after which becoming pregnant is no longer possible,
However there is a state called perimenopause
Where women can experience a lessening in frequency of their menstrual cycle.
But can still become pregnant
Women in perimenopause may think they cannot get pregnant
But they indeed can and sometimes do get pregnant
even though they believe that their menstrual cycle has stopped completely.
Okaym now that we've taken a look at some scientific facts
About a woman's menstrual cycle spotting and perimenopause,
Let's take a closer look at what the holy quran states
Firstly for women who have separated from their husbands or have recently divorced their husband
The holy quran states that (and divorced women should keep themselves in waiting
For three menstrual periods).
For women who approach menopause the holy quran states that
(And those of your women who despair of menstruation if you have a doubt
there prescribes time is three months).
The reason behind this is simple
even though awoman might believe that she is not pregnant
Because she's had spotting or as paramenopausal
She indeed could be pregnant.
So in order to make sure that she isn't pregnant
And that the next man does not inherit the responsibility
Of raising a child that is not his own
And also so that there is no confusion in matters of paternity and lineage
The holy quran tells women to wait for three full months
Before starting a new relationship with another man
Now let's keep in mind that pregnancy tests have only been around since around 1930
before that time both womenand doctors relied on a woman missing her menstrual cycle
To determine if she was indeed pregnant
So prior to how many fathers around the world
have mistakenly believed they fathered a child that was not actually theirs?
or unknowingly raised a child that was not their own child
even today there isalso a state called late recognition of pregnancy
or Cryptic pregnancy,
Where women can experience negative urine blood and ultrasound tests
in the firstfew months of their pregnancy.
All the while actually being pregnant
Many of these women's instincts tell them that they are pregnant but the pregnancy tests disagree.
Late recognition of pregnancy and Cryptic pregnancy are more common than you may think.
As bizarre as it sounds cryptic pregnancy or denied pregnancy
If you're in the U.S. is a very real phenomenon.
Some women do become pregnant
And are generally unaware that they're expecting until several months into their pregnancies.
According to jenkins et al.,in the 2011 Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
A German study suggested that the incidence of late recognition of pregnancy
was one in 475.
This is higher than that of Rhesus hemolytic disease
One in a thousand or Uterinerupture one in 1500.
This incidence is corroborated by an Austrian study
Indicating a rate of 1 in 400 pregnancies
And an American study suggesting a frequency of 1 in 516 births.
In the case of a woman who has lost her husband due to his death
the length of the waiting period set by the Quran is even a bit longer
And this is for ascientific reason as well
First the Quran states that (And those of you who die and leave wives behind them
They shall wait for four months and ten days)
It turns out there's a very good reason for the precise time period given
It's not a random number by any means,
Amazingly even though the holy quran was written 1400 years ago
The time of 4 months and 10 days almost a 130 days
is exactly when all the physiological transitions required for a successful pregnancy occur
Including the HCG hormone,
A very important hormone for pregnancy
reaching peak levels and then declining
And leveling off for the remainder of the pregnancy
And when the presenter becomes the primary source of estrogen and progesterone
for the developing baby
As stated by Wang and Zhao in their book
Vascular biology of the placenta
and Lowdermilk et al., in their book
Maternity and women's health care the 11th edition.
Furthermore researched by Steer et al., in 2006
In the book Heart disease and pregnancy
reveals the second wave of trophoblastic invasion or gestational sac invasion
Happens during an average 133 days of pregnancy.
This trophoblast invasion extends more deeply to involve the myometrial part,
the muscular part of the uterine spiral arteries,
So essentially after this time four months and ten days
the chance of a pregnant woman having a normal miscarriage is very low
and by the same token it's also much more complicated
for a pregnant woman to have an abortion after this time
And if she were able to undeniable physiological evidence of the abortion wouldbe left behind.
Also before four months and ten days it's much easier to cause an abortion
by various means such as rough sex
strenuous physical exercise or pills,
Then there is the issue of pregnancy abuse which rises sharply after a woman becomes pregnant
this abuse causes 80000 maternal deaths each year due to criminal abortions
killing 80000 Plus fetuses every year as well.
if the woman or her family is greedy they may try to cause an accidental miscarriage
Because they don't want the added responsibility of another child
or because they want to protect the inheritance from the future heir,
So in order to protect the pregnant woman, the unborn baby and the man
She may decide to have a relationship with.
The Quran sets out this precisely prescribed waiting period.
it is for these scientific reasons that the Holy Quran has prescribed such specific terms
for women to wait,
after they've become separated from their husbands
divorced from them or have lost their husband due to death
If a woman waits for these time periods there will be almost no chance
that a man will be forced to raise a child
that is not his own but that he thinks is his own
Or that the paternity of the child will be mistaken.
Unfortunately in many non muslim countries many problems arise from the fact
that women don't wait the prescribed period.
News reports from these countries are full of these stories
including men raising children they believe a father by one man
when in fact it was another
And even a case where twins were born
with the same mother but different fathers.
If the word of the Holy Quran was followed these problems could be avoided completely.
As you can see by looking atthis from a purely scientific standpoint
The words of the Holy Quran contain much wisdom
and would be of great benefit to everyone involved if followed.