The closest sibs I know personally are about 14 months apart.
Saffron: But we've been wed. Aren't we to become one flesh? Mal: Well, no, uh... We're still two fleshes here, and I think that your flesh ought to sleep somewhere else.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Sep 23, 2010 7:57:09 am PDT #25641 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jesse - Sep 23, 2010 7:58:31 am PDT #25642 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Sibs less than a year apart must have been at least somewhat common at some point, given that there's a racist term for it. (Irish twins.)
Lee - Sep 23, 2010 7:58:51 am PDT #25643 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I knew someone in college who was 10 months older then her sister.
Jesse - Sep 23, 2010 7:59:29 am PDT #25644 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Today is such fail. I don't feel well enough to haul my ass to the drug store, where they have things taht would make me feel better, and I have a ton of food in the fridge, but am eating a can of soup for lunch.
Jessica - Sep 23, 2010 8:00:25 am PDT #25645 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Sibs less than a year apart must have been at least somewhat common at some point, given that there's a racist term for it. (Irish twins.)
I'm guessing it was a LOT more common before the pill. (And NuvaRing, IUDs, etc. Basically it's easy to forget condoms when you're sleep deprived.)
Jesse - Sep 23, 2010 8:00:55 am PDT #25646 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh yeah. And when breastfeeding wasn't so popular?
flea - Sep 23, 2010 8:01:37 am PDT #25647 of 30001
information libertarian
My OB told me, as a cautionary note, that she had more than once had people show up for their 6-week post-natal checkup pregnant. (Personally, I cannot IMAGINE, from a time, energy, or desire perspective, as well as the fact that I had amenorrhea from breastfeeding until my kids were each 15 months old).
Steph L. - Sep 23, 2010 8:02:01 am PDT #25648 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
And when breastfeeding wasn't so popular?
I thought that was a myth. I know at least one woman who got pregnant while breastfeeding a new baby. (Though she could be an outlier.)
Vortex - Sep 23, 2010 8:02:24 am PDT #25649 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Isn't it already the case that you can't use "my religion told me too" as a defense for murder/assault/etc?
yes. However, when the law of their land is based on religion, that gets a bit trickier. If challenged, they will lose this argument, but the statute prevents them from even raising it.
Jessica - Sep 23, 2010 8:02:30 am PDT #25650 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Breastfeeding doesn't necessarily prevent ovulation. It's only marginally more effective BC than the rhythm method.
[eta:
I thought that was a myth.
Not a myth, just REALLY unreliable. It's *possible* that breastfeeding will keep your hormone levels high enough to prevent ovulation - after Dylan was born I didn't get my period back for about 6 months - but it's in no way guaranteed.]