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[–] gibmiser@lemmy.world 137 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Having 4 babies in 1 year in the 1800s had to be quite the achievement

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 96 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Not impossible though. Two in January, two in November.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 73 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Or just the four of them together in one go I guess.

[–] homes@piefed.world 56 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Regardless of which way it happened, I’d be crying a lot, especially if it happened in the 1800s.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 20 points 2 days ago

In the 1800s you'd be counting yourself lucky you survived it.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Food was much cheaper and you were allowed to put them to work right away.

Plus most of them died before five anyways.

[–] homes@piefed.world 15 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

Ah, yes, the 1800s… When it was perfectly legal to put newborn babies to work in the coal-mining sweat shops of South London

Very Tiny Tim: Please, Sir, may I have some WHAAAAA! WHAAAA! WHAAAAA!

[–] sneakypersimmon@lemmy.today 7 points 2 days ago

Kids as young as 4 years old would be put to work, so it's not that far off really.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Not just legal but encouraged.

[–] homes@piefed.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Encouraged by all the starvation, poverty, and pestilence

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

They yearn for the mines after all

I think it reminds them of the womb.

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Or 6 at once but 2 didn't make it

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 days ago

Or octuplets born on new year's eve so half were in one year and half were in the next.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world -2 points 2 days ago

Now we're going into bitch territory. 🐕

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Or triplets in January and one in November, or one in January and triplets in November (but it was definitely these two months). She's crazy – capable of anything.

[–] M137@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Heck, you could even have 2,5 and then 1,5. Just that the chance of long term survival for them would be way less.

[–] TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

insert SM64 menu music as pannenkoek talks about half-childbirths

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I knew a set of quads in school. They were all really cool.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Nice! Identical or fraternal?

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Well, i didn't examine their DNA lol but they all presented the same gender and were visually similar to each other.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Sounds like identical then I guess. Pretty wild!

[–] cattywampas@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

Irish quadruplets?

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] sneakypersimmon@lemmy.today 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I've never met anyone who had a miscarriage and still described the experience as having a baby in this way.

[–] ChexMax@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I know two people who had full term still born babies. They both absolutely refer to them as babies and as having given birth. I'm only 6 months pregnant and if I lost the pregnancy at this point I would say I lost my son. He's very real and alive to me, he moves and touches me many times an hour, already keeps me up every night. He's a real dude in there.

That said, I've had two miscarriages and consider those lost pregnancies, not lost children. I've seen people online say things like "mother of 4, 2 in heaven" though.

Having something die inside you can fuck you up forever.

[–] sneakypersimmon@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

That’s a fair point. I should’ve kept my comment at miscarriages and not included stillbirths. I, too, have had miscarriages so I understand how it can fuck you up.

I still doubt that’s what the OP meant though.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

How many people from the 1800's do you know

[–] sneakypersimmon@lemmy.today 7 points 2 days ago

Some women from the 1800s would have described having a miscarriage as a blessing, not a baby.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/11/miscarriage-19th-century-women-loss-book.html

Personally, or by reputation?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Gladys and Hugo. 2. They dead tho. Gladys will live forever in my heart because she was my favorite organist growing up.

[–] EyIchFragDochNur@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Only if they survive until birth.