VITAL SIGNS : 25 children? It's not inconceivable

Tuesday 13 December 1994 00:02 GMT

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Without contraception, a woman could on average give birth every 8.5 months and could, theoretically, have 25 children, according to research of a Finnish religious sect. Women members of the Laestadius sect, which does not practise contraception , had been pregnant at least 10 times, says a report in Fertility and Sterility.

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