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(26,490 posts) Thu Jan 27, 2022, 11:15 AM Jan 2022

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And Indirectly Why World Population Has Increased So Much modrepub Jan 2022 #4

Interesting. The adjustment drops below the reproductive Hortensis Jan 2022 #6

Yet the growth rate has slowed IronLionZion Jan 2022 #10

Infertility increasing, concerning. StClone Jan 2022 #15

Dirty Little Secrete modrepub Jan 2022 #20

Guess which year the pill was introduced? meadowlander Jan 2022 #22

My mother had either four or five siblings that we know of who died. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2022 #2

I can't imagine having that many children. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2022 #19

honestly, it is appalling Skittles Jan 2022 #36

Same with my Dad. 24 kids, only 14 made it to adulthood. (4 died in a fire) Midnight Writer Jan 2022 #23

How tragic! greatauntoftriplets Jan 2022 #24

Oh, man. That poor woman nt leftyladyfrommo Jan 2022 #27

My God, how awful that she had to do that. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2022 #28

It's so easy to take our more prosperous, modern lives for granted. Midnight Writer Jan 2022 #30

It's unimaginable to me. greatauntoftriplets Jan 2022 #35

Look at what happened to this family in 1897. phylny Jan 2022 #3

OMG :-( n/t iluvtennis Jan 2022 #16

my family had a similar experience with yellow fever in the 1890s rampartc Jan 2022 #21

When people say the average life expectancy has Phoenix61 Jan 2022 #5

And women died young too Freddie Jan 2022 #8

The "good old days" were good for some IronLionZion Jan 2022 #12

My grandma (Gram) was the youngest and only surviving child piddyprints Jan 2022 #7

I think a lot of those women suffered mental illness. leftyladyfrommo Jan 2022 #29

Also, we stopped putting lead into everything. Caliman73 Jan 2022 #13

In particular, we stopped putting it in gasoline Klaralven Jan 2022 #14

They have not forgotten. They just do not care. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Jan 2022 #17

Of course we've forgotten. calimary Jan 2022 #18

I am in my 50's but my parents were older than normal dsc Jan 2022 #33

My Mom's Mom lost all 3 siblings in a single year IbogaProject Jan 2022 #34