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Felix Filicis~the lucky potion~


Felix Filicis makes anyone who drinks it lucky, they can do no wrong. Say you have a pregnant woman...she drinks a vial of Felix Filicis then she gives birth to a baby boy. Now would that little boy be lucky forever because just prior to birth his mother drank Felix Filicis?Would her consumtion of that drink reach the baby and because it was inside her, he will be forever lucky?

I say yes, her body was being guided by the Felix Filicis while she was giving birth, while the baby was still inside her, therefor whatever Felix Filicis was inside her would also be transfered to the baby making him forever lucky.

Post your thoughts on this, they are always welcome.

I don't think so.

The thing with pregnancy is the baby does get nourishment from the mother via the umbilical cord, but not in the way most people think. It's sort of like being attached to a dextrose. You can be hooked to one and not eat for days, right? That's because your body is injected with the simple sugars that your body needs for nourishment. Effectively, what is passed on to the baby are the simple nutrients from the mother's body.

What I'm saying is if the mother drinks water, it doesn't mean that the baby also drinks water. If the mother eats chicken, it doesn't mean that the chicken will pass directly to the baby. So if the mother drinks Felix Felicis, it doesn't mean that the baby also drinks the said potion.

Besides, I would think that the potion is magical enough to function only for the person who drank it. Like it sort of knows its limits. And anyway, even if the potion were passed on to the baby, it's supposed to wear off after a couple of hours, right? So either way, the baby won't be lucky forever.

I think the best thing that can happen in this case is a painless childbirth and a healthy baby (for the time being; when the potion wears off, that's nother story..). I also agree with Hiraya - the potion, even if passed to the baby, will wear off nevertheless.

While it would be pretty cool for a mother to give that kind of protection/ luck to her child, I doubt the solution would stay in the baby's system longer that it would in any other person who took it. Additionally, if the potion did make a super lucky kid, wouldnt mothers everywhere be racing for the potion? It would result in a generation of really lucky wizards and witches!

I see your point, there would be a high demand for that potion. People woulld drive their prices up and a lot of companies would go out of business because they could supply it. Remember it has to take 6 months to fermant.

i say that the woman giving the child will be lucky because the child will look good and be good at magic but the child itself will by no means be lucky forever

i get what your hinting at. but i think it differently.


you say what if a pregnant woman drank it during her pregnancy? what if the son was lucky too? what im thinking is, What if Lily Potter drank Felix Felicis the night she was murdered? the potion led her to do what she did, making it so that voldemort would be defeated soon, that the potion led her to create the power the dark lord knew not. I can see that being a possibility.

JK said you would learn somthing big about Lily, though i dont think that is the BIG thing. I dont doubt it as a possibility for an inside story or something.

That is a really good point. Maybe we will find out in book seven, although, with everyone who would know gone for the most part, I'm not sure how it would come up.

Sorry, but I think that "the power the dark lord knows not" simply refers to love, not eternal luck. Harry isn't always lucky, you know, and even if Lily did drink a luck potion, her lucky stroke would be Harry's survival. And yeah, I firmly believe that you can't be lucky forever. Any effects of the potion is bound to wear off.

Now would that little boy be lucky forever because just prior to birth his mother drank Felix Filicis?Would her consumtion of that drink reach the baby and because it was inside her, he will be forever lucky?

Honestly I don't think it works that way. I think that the mother would be lucky, and perhaps the boy for awhile. But like every potion, it is bound to wear off.
Also, I don't believe that if Lily Potter drank some before the Dark Lord came that she or James would be saved. I'm not sure, but I don't think that a potion can stop destiny. If the Fates wanted the Potters to be dead, they would die no matter.

I don't think they were destined to die, because that takes free will away from people.

We are forgetting that the potion is illegal, it wouldn't be too easy to get hold of it.

That is true; and yes I did forget about that.
However, I'm sure that if she wanted to for some reason Lily could brew it. She was smart in school. Also, why would she want to brew it? They weren't expecting the Dark Lord to show up, I would think.

I agree with most of you who replyed that it wouldn't make the child forever lucky.




I'm pretty sure (correct me if I'm mistaken) that the potion isn't "illegal" but that it is not allowed to be used in certain situations, such as sporting events, exams, competitions, etc..

i think if she takes the potion before she gives birth then the baby will be perfect, healthy, and there will be no problems when she is giving birth or after. it alos might give the baby so luck like he could be smart later in life or good looks or anything else of that nature.

As a potionist and herbalist in training (of course, without boomslang skin), I don't want to speak in theory but in a very realistic way. I don't think it should be possible to drink such a potion during pregnancy. Most herbs are poisoning for the baby if taken by the mother during pregnancy. So I'm not even considering this hypothesis...Sorry!
Maybe because Snape is so hated, I don't see much interest generally in his subject. But really, Potions is very interesting!! it's a pity that only hermione appreciates it as it deserves!

As it is, Felix felices lasts for a few hours at most and overdose may cause some unpleasant side effects as Slughorn pointed out, if taken in excess. Even if the mothers do take it, As far as it being transferred to the baby is concerned, if the potion is assimilated into the body and broken down into something that itself brings luck, it is not a surety that the same would be given to the baby. Assuming that the potion does transfer to the baby, the good luck period would last only for the duration supported by the dose. A few minutes to a few hours, I am not sure how that would help the baby become extraordinary, unless the potion somehow modifies the DNA itself. Even then it' doubtful that the DNA will be modified to such an extent that the baby will acquire an entire metabolic pathway for perpetual synthesis of Felix felices, to keep the stream of good luck coming

Witchmom, I kinda agree with you there. It's well known that expecting mothers are advised to be careful of what they eat or drink because of the potential affects it could have on the baby. If Felix Felices has nothing that may harm the baby or the mother, then the mothers may actually choose to drink it, just to help them during childbirth, lesser time, less pain, no complication etc. like someone pointed out.

The baby will probably come out happy.
I think the baby would probably be lucky child in a small way but not major, because it's just a potion it will where off.

I agree with CAPS LOCK the mother will have a good baby, but the baby won't nessarlay be lucky themselves. Although it is the magical world....

Interesting question. I think if a mother took the potion right before birth she would just have a 'lucky' birth, ie- fast, realativly painless, ect.

I think it would be totally different if she (somehow) took the potion at the moment of conception... Then the child would have a lucky combination of genes. Everything about the childs formation would be lucky...

It never is really mentioned how a potion will affect a baby while the a child is in their mother.I have a feeling it never came up because it might not be relevent.If having a lucky child was as easy as doing that i'm sure many would have done it.

I think the birth would be pain-free for the mother and she would get a happy and healthy baby. And thats really all a mother wants for her child right?

~Kate

Yeah. I agree padfootx3. plus, wouldn't Felix Felicis be be a bit dangerous if you took too much. Also, theres only so much you can take. and it probably wouldn't last the entire lifetime of a baby and mother. Even if it did work.