'Smile Time'
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.
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.
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.]
I knew someone in college who was 10 months older then her sister.
I've met plenty of people who are 11 months apart.
(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).
For me, it was 9 months and 18 months.
Breastfeeding's effect on fertility is highly variable on an individual basis.
(Also, what Jessica said.)
(Also also, I seem to have forgotten how to type English today.)
I am debating getting dressed and driving to the store both because it's way past time to get out for a bit, and because I am craving chocolate chip cookies.
Breastfeeding doesn't necessarily prevent ovulation. It's only marginally more effective BC than the rhythm method.
Oh, huh. But the rhythm method can be fairly effective itself, no? Given a regular cycle and a woman paying attention.
But the rhythm method can be fairly effective itself, no? Given a regular cycle and a woman paying attention.
For values of "paying attention" which include charting cervical mucus and temperature. NSM just watching the calendar. (And after pregnancy you won't have had a cycle to keep track of for almost a year, so the first time you ovulate afterwards you won't know it for at least 2 weeks.)
And when breastfeeding wasn't so popular?
My brother and I are 15 months apart because my mother's understanding was that you couldn't get pregnant while breastfeeding.
A couple of kids I nannied for were 9 months apart. (The second did come a little early, but not by much compared to the mother's other pregnancies.)