Corona crisis: Munich doctors predict the result of the quarantine - many have already suspected it

Christmas is nine months after the onset of the Corona crisis in Europe and the United States. Then there could be a baby boom in the world. Says a Munich doctor who wants to do his part.

• The corona crisis * gives couples a lot of time for togetherness.
• As a result, a Munich doctor expects a baby boom around Christmas .
• He also wants to have his share in this.

Munich - When the power in New York was down for hours in 1965, there is said to have been a baby boom . Nine months later, of course. But the blackout only lasted a few hours. We are currently talking about weeks in which we are pushed into our own four walls because of Corona . For the Munich sex and partnership doctor Axel-Jürg Potempa, this also has its advantages. Because the doctor says: "At Christmas we will have a baby boom!"

The 62-year-old describes it like this: "The first reaction to the corona spread and finally the pandemic was horror : Oh God, what are we going to do ?! The action hormone adrenaline was increasingly released. “But it did not stop there: the longer the 'house arrest' lasts, the more the hormone dopamine takes over. And that releases a lot of energy. The result: "In relationships that work well, the desire to rediscover yourself increases. You may practice new role playing games, you have more desire, drive and power ."

Corona crisis: Contraception is forgotten in a “cocaine-like high”

And because there can even be a “cocaine-like high”, don't think contraception * , the expert says. Of course, everyone is exempt "who had nothing to say before the crisis and who are now unable to gain anything from the time for two". These couples can now end the relationship in calm, stress-free conversations .

And then there is the third group of couples: “They were afraid of being together permanently, but discovered themselves and their relationship now in a completely new way . And with it sex . Small misunderstandings are now cleared up and a great, new togetherness is developed . ”Incidentally, the condom manufacturer Ritex already reports that sales have doubled in March.

Potempa campaigns for “seeing the crisis as an opportunity”. And leads by example, as he adds with a smile: "I asked my girlfriend - she is 19 years younger than me - whether she wants a sibling for our daughter . She asked for reflection time until the weekend. "

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Sees the corona crisis as an opportunity for relationships: sex and partnership doctor Axel-Jürg Potempa expects a baby boom at Christmas.

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After the end of World War II and with increasing prosperity, the Baby Boomer generation came into being in Europe and the USA. But other events are said to have led to a real baby boom. The best-known example is the major blackout in New York in 1965 . Nine months later, the New York Times reported a significant increase in births. Other studies contradict this thesis - statistically there has not been a big increase. The theory reappeared in the next major blackouts in 1977 and 2003 - again without proof.

Last year there was a baby boom of the smaller variety - nine colleagues were pregnant at the same time. Incidentally, previous studies suggest that children are often affected by Covid-19, but do not notice it at all. *

A Munich clinic has to be quarantined because several patients and staff members have been infected.

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M. Bieber