# Embolism?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [February 3, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embolism/390703 "2007-02-03T22:02:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![topcupidv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@topcupidv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/topcupidv)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embolism/390703/1 "2007-02-03T22:02:13Z")
Any chance on anybody who can tell me about the subject “embolism for blowing air into a pregned woman’s vagina?” i dont doubt about cecil, but i was discussing the subject with my girlfriend, and looks like she doesnt have as much faith as i do in cecil’s words. She is studing to be a doctor, so i would like to show her that cecil has the straight dope about everything, any chance of getting a link to a merical bulletin or something? Greetins from mexico , Juan Carlos Macias ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embolism/390703/2 "2007-02-03T22:05:07Z")
A link to the column in question is usually helpful: [_Is taking a hot bath an effective contraceptive?_](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a2_210.html) ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embolism/390703/3 "2007-02-03T22:32:14Z")
Here’s an interesting article on “Erotic Deaths,” some of which involve embolisms: [http://www.geradts.com/anil/ij/vol\_003\_no\_001/papers/paper001.html](http://www.geradts.com/anil/ij/vol_003_no_001/papers/paper001.html) The list of references at the end looks like it might be a typical reading list for Cecil. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embolism/390703/4 "2007-02-03T23:06:09Z")
[QUOTE=bibliophage] Here’s an interesting article on “Erotic Deaths,” some of which involve embolisms: [http://www.geradts.com/anil/ij/vol\_003\_no\_001/papers/paper001.html](http://www.geradts.com/anil/ij/vol_003_no_001/papers/paper001.html) The list of references at the end looks like it might be a typical reading list for Cecil. [/QUOTE] I wouldn’t recommend that article to my sexual partners (if any)! Reading that as a woman would make me think “ain’t nothing putting itself in there no how, no way!!” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Cub\_Mistress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@Cub\_Mistress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cub_Mistress)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embolism/390703/5 "2007-02-04T00:41:15Z")
My nursing textbook warns against blowing air into the vagina during pregnancy, specifically saying it can cause an embolism. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2007, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/embolism/390703/6 "2007-02-04T00:44:02Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] I wouldn’t recommend that article to my sexual partners (if any)! Reading that as a woman would make me think “ain’t nothing putting itself in there no how, no way!!” :eek: [/QUOTE] You know what they say: No risk, no reward.