This may be true as I have personally began my cycles again although my 17 month
old is still almost exclusively breastfed.  He began eating pemmican at around
12 months and may get a few bites of food as we eat during the day.  He nurses
as much as usual and several times throughout the night.  I understand from like
minded individuals that most start their cycles anywhere from 6 months to 18
months, 24 months being rare but possible.

Kendra
NeanderTwin

j.alford wrote:

> I've been lurking for months. Just coming out to pass on something I heard
> in an anthropology course from a female professor. She warned all the women
> in the class not to believe all that stuff about the contraceptive values of
> breastfeeding. Yes, it does tend to slow down resumption of fertility, but
> not by years. She said in hunter gatherer cultures where children are well
> spaced, its because of taboos against resuming sexual relations before the
> baby is weaned. Mama doesn't get pregnant again when she's not letting Daddy
> have sex. And yes, this can mean as much as three years without sex.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Michael Audette <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 1999 10:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [P-F] Wild boar: TB / Parasites no threat?
>
> > According to Jared Diamond, the lower birth rate of HGs was
> > a result of economic necessity, implemented by means of
> > infanticide rather than by some physiological difference.
> >
> >   I suppose some peoples did. An early form of birth control, how
> > interesting. They could have thought up other forms, like stoning. I know
> > some animals practice infanticide, but can you tell us if any other
> primates
> > do? I heard chimps do, but the females keep the males at bay. If it does
> > happen, it's more likely the alpha male, doesn't want the extra
> competition
> > around  Also, is the fertility of HG's the same as SAD's? Can't remember
> > where or what study had the comparison. I thought there was one done.
> There
> > was a transitional period between the primate to human stage, when the
> > menstruation cycle changed to what it is in humans today. That was caused
> by
> > birth canal size to infant head size, which led to a greater memory of
> food
> > sources which should lead to less economic necessity. Predators played a
> > part too. We have alot of young and dumb kids today that die every day. HG
> > kids got alot to learn before they can pass the rites of becoming an
> adult.
> > If HG's had as many kids as we do today, that would be alot of any one
> > woman's children killed. There had to be other things that kept tribes to
> > around 30-40 individuals. There's no logic to say that 2-3 kids out of 12
> or
> > more should be able to live. HG women would have to be less fertile or
> able
> > to say no alot. Perhaps some of the Lady's on this list know of some info.
> > on this? All those woman taught me something!
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