Why women can't get pregnant on Island

ebrionez · 03-13-2008, 05:24 PM

This is related to my Timeline/Bubble Theory of the Island. I believe that the island is surrounded by a bubble which separates it from normal spacetime for reasons I will discuss in my next thread (see my post Timeline/Bubble Theory.) The bubble may be the reason women can't get pregnant and survive on the island. If you are isolated from other timelines, you can't create something that doesn't exist in another timeline. If that is the case, the body might perceive the fetus as an invader and attack it. This might be why women who conceive on the Island die but those who conceive off island survive.

Take Clare. She conceived off island. In another timeline, she might not have gotten on the plane. She might have stayed in Austrailia and given birth there. In other words, clare and arron exist in infinite timelines with infinite possible outcomes. But if you conceive on the island while under the bubble, the child doesn;t really exist - he/she is conceived in imaginary space not real space. Just a thought.

erikau · 03-14-2008, 07:05 AM

I agree, but along with that there could be a biological reason. If time moves differently on the island, more slowly or something, it would probably really hurt the development of the fetus. That could make the body perceive it as something foreign, if it isn't fitting in with the body's natural cycle.

sugarnuts · 03-15-2008, 02:59 PM

I think that Ben has something to do with the pregnancy situation. Maybe he doesn't know it, maybe he does.
I just think that Ben's mother dying from giving birth to him too early (i think 2 months early) is too much of a coincidence.

Also, in Ben's flashback, there are plenty of kids (there was a school, after all) and i seriously doubt that none of them were born on the island. So how come the pregnancy problems didn't start before ben's arrival? probably because the island itself isn't causing the pregnancy problems, Ben is.

michckay · 03-17-2008, 08:05 AM

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Originally Posted by sugarnuts

Also, in Ben's flashback, there are plenty of kids (there was a school, after all) and i seriously doubt that none of them were born on the island. So how come the pregnancy problems didn't start before ben's arrival? probably because the island itself isn't causing the pregnancy problems, Ben is.

I would be willing to bet they were all bruoght there like Ben was, maybe some at a much younger age than he was, but they had just started up the DHARMA Initiative. I don't think Ben has anything to do with it.

I'm not sure what the fertitily problem is on the island, but it's really the least of my worries.

"dennis" · 03-27-2008, 09:07 PM

I agree with sugarnuts -- there is probably a connection to Ben. I actually think it has to do with Ben and Annie. Annie is a variant of Hannah, and the biblical hannah was barren, couldn't concieve. What if Ben and Annie couldn't concieve, but Ben did something to change the nature of the island -- something that increased the male sperm count the way Juliet said (it was crazy!) -- but Ben did that to get Annie pregnant, but the island "course-corrected" with the whole die in childbirth response to the increased male potency.

03-13-2008, 05:24 PM	#1
ebrionez Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 4	Why women can't get pregnant on Island This is related to my Timeline/Bubble Theory of the Island. I believe that the island is surrounded by a bubble which separates it from normal spacetime for reasons I will discuss in my next thread (see my post Timeline/Bubble Theory.) The bubble may be the reason women can't get pregnant and survive on the island. If you are isolated from other timelines, you can't create something that doesn't exist in another timeline. If that is the case, the body might perceive the fetus as an invader and attack it. This might be why women who conceive on the Island die but those who conceive off island survive. Take Clare. She conceived off island. In another timeline, she might not have gotten on the plane. She might have stayed in Austrailia and given birth there. In other words, clare and arron exist in infinite timelines with infinite possible outcomes. But if you conceive on the island while under the bubble, the child doesn;t really exist - he/she is conceived in imaginary space not real space. Just a thought.

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03-14-2008, 07:05 AM	#2
erikau Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 283	I agree, but along with that there could be a biological reason. If time moves differently on the island, more slowly or something, it would probably really hurt the development of the fetus. That could make the body perceive it as something foreign, if it isn't fitting in with the body's natural cycle.

03-15-2008, 02:59 PM	#3
sugarnuts Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: SD Posts: 191	I think that Ben has something to do with the pregnancy situation. Maybe he doesn't know it, maybe he does. I just think that Ben's mother dying from giving birth to him too early (i think 2 months early) is too much of a coincidence. Also, in Ben's flashback, there are plenty of kids (there was a school, after all) and i seriously doubt that none of them were born on the island. So how come the pregnancy problems didn't start before ben's arrival? probably because the island itself isn't causing the pregnancy problems, Ben is.

03-27-2008, 09:07 PM	#5
"dennis" Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Tokyo Posts: 11	I agree with sugarnuts -- there is probably a connection to Ben. I actually think it has to do with Ben and Annie. Annie is a variant of Hannah, and the biblical hannah was barren, couldn't concieve. What if Ben and Annie couldn't concieve, but Ben did something to change the nature of the island -- something that increased the male sperm count the way Juliet said (it was crazy!) -- but Ben did that to get Annie pregnant, but the island "course-corrected" with the whole die in childbirth response to the increased male potency.