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Mrs_WorkingMuggle t1_iwe4ts7 wrote

Reply to comment by Apprehensive_Coat105 in What was used in late medieval to early modern england for mensuration products? by dragracesssss

if you're pregnant all the time, that's 9 months of the year you aren't bleeding. Many women didn't have a break between pregnancies, and many don't menstruate during nursing, especially if underfed. So it's not outside the realm of possibility that women went years without a period but many pregnancies.

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