Synchronised births
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2018 1:00 am
Whilst trawling through baptism registers I can't help noticing the frequent number of occasions when apparent sisters or sisters-in-law gave birth within the space of a few days.
This leads me to suspect that such events may have been deliberately engineered!
In other words, may some sisters have collaborated on the timing of their offspring so that after the happy double birth, one sister would take over nursing duties to free up the other sister to follow other activities?
I would be interested to hear if anyone has come across any references to this.
This leads me to suspect that such events may have been deliberately engineered!
In other words, may some sisters have collaborated on the timing of their offspring so that after the happy double birth, one sister would take over nursing duties to free up the other sister to follow other activities?
I would be interested to hear if anyone has come across any references to this.