In Leviticus 12:1-4 it states that a woman is impure for 7 days after birth, known as Yoledet. This is a status with similar rules to niddah. My question is, does this Halacha apply to a woman who gives her eggs, when her baby is born?
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5These are such easy questions even my wagon driver can answer them.– shmoselCommented Feb 27 at 21:47
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Seems interesting enough to think about, and such questions can sometimes have surprising answers. It’s not like mi yodea has an over abundance of activity– Avi AvrahamCommented Feb 28 at 1:10
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@AviAvraham I think you missed the reference to a well known legend: snopes.com/fact-check/driver-switches-places– Rabbi KaiiCommented Feb 28 at 18:21
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If there is no vaginal delivery, there is no din of yoledes. In fact, Shulchan Aruch YD 194:14 says that in the rare case of a caesarean birth that had zero vaginal discharge, there is no din of yoledes, niddah, or zivah:
יוצא דופן אם לא יצא דם אלא דרך דופן אמו טהורה מלידה ומנדה ומזיבה:
A Caesarean birth - if no blood emerges, even through her uterine wall, its mother is pure from birth-impurity and from menstruation-impurity and from blood flow-impurity.
