From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Erik Reuter wrote: > Or they could go continuously but 180 degrees (4.5 months) out of > phase...
You need at *least* 3 months to recuperate. A year is a lot better.
Well, it's probably more "really want" 3 months to recuperate, than "need". My wife is just over 10 months older than one of her brothers. (And I know several other people like that). With kids born that close together, they call them "Irish twins". Overall, my wife's parents had 4 babies in just about 4 years. (And then 11 years later had two more a year apart.)
And you don't ovulate the day after you give birth -- it can be a few months.
Or not! I think breastfeeding can hold off ovulation, but my wife would always tell her patients not to rely on that and that they needed to use birth control to be sure.
Actually, I read an article somewhere recently (and I really, really wish I could remember where) that indicated that the ideal time to get pregnant was something like 19-23 months after giving birth. Having a baby every 2 years just gives you 15 months. (But if it was a certain magazine, I might be able to dig it up in the next couple of days if anyone cares enough for me to do so.)
There's a lot of factors to consider in how far apart you space your children. We spaced ours close together for a few reasons; our kids were born 18 months apart and 15 months apart.
Spacing births every 2.5 years might be best for both mother and all children after the first. But that doesn't maximize the number of children as well as every 2 years.
It certainly would be easier on the sanity of everyone involved!
-Bryon
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