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What does "close in age" mean to you?

  1. autumnlove

    hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts

    Around 2 years!

  2. mauxie

    persimmon / 1043 posts

    I'd say 2 years or less

  3. ShootingStar

    coconut / 8472 posts

    @lilyofthewest: I thought it was 18m between deliveries?

  4. lilyofthewest

    pear / 1697 posts

    @ShootingStar: This http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16622143 is the meta-analysis that tends to be most referenced regarding risks associated with different pregnancy spacings. For the purposes of their study "interpregnancy interval" was defined as the time between one live birth and the next conception.

    I think the WHO's official recommendation for a minimum interval is still 24 months, but, both the metanalysis I linked to and a handful of more recent studies point to an 18 month interval having similarly good outcomes.

  5. GoGoSnoGirl

    pear / 1558 posts

    I think of it as 2y or less difference in age.

  6. dc yoga bee

    grapefruit / 4770 posts

    DH and his sister are almost 3.5yrs apart, and it doesn't seem they were ever close in age or stage. So, I would say under 3 yeas, more like 2.5 and under.

  7. LAZB

    pomegranate / 3904 posts

    Less than two years

  8. meredithNYC

    pomegranate / 3314 posts

    Two years or less

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