random facts!

So here are two random facts I learned this week…

From one my paediatric lectures on normal movement in newborns…
Did you know that babies are born with a reflex called the galant response… which means that when you stimulate the back extensors along either side of the spine that the baby does a little wiggle to the same side? It’s supposed to help during birth and then the reflex disappears between 3-6 months!! How cool is that? (speaking of which…can’t wait to meet my wee niece or nephew in less than a month!)

From one of my oncology lectures… (stood out for me i think because of my interest in both psychology & God stuff…) Researchers (Calhoun & Tedeschi) have coined the term post traumatic growth to describe when sometimes people dealing with trauma, such as cancer, can have positive “changes in how people think of themselves, their relationships with others, including all of humanity, as well as profound philosophical, spiritual, or religious changes.”
I think it resonates so much with the idea of perseverance producing character and character hope…

(i’m actually really enjoying my classes at the minute... yay!)