| McheleM | 04-02-2014 09:03 PM |
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Originally Posted by Lilah Charm
(Post 4416043)
That is the case with rabbits as well, they say that fat deposits develop around their ovaries if they are too old when first bred also, of course the are ovulating all but two to three days of each month with a gestational average of 28 days- just amazing. I wonder if it is the hormones from the heat cycles that are damaging to rabbits as well? I wonder what that means for us humans? Particularly in the case of lactation. Some of my children were very close together and the last two with overlapping lactation-yikes that took a toll! I guess that is where the tip top shape comes in, I would often stare at my fat pregnant goats chewing grass in the subscribe and long to trade places as I mucked the barn or loaded into the car to head to work, lol.
| I can tell you breast, ovarian, vaginal, cervical, and uterine cancers are all hormone driven (as well as others ). Women who don't ovulate, are at higher risk for these cancers. Women who do fertility drugs, especially IVF cycles or natural cycles with fertility medications are also at a higher risk. IVF cycles that do not result in pregnancy, or fertility assisted natural cycles that do not result in pregnancy increase that risk even more. Women who never get pregnant, increased risk.
Everything we do is hormone driven....I can only imagine what goes on in our bodies.
I guess I can see from a breeders perspective, I just can't imagine as a human, having 3-4 babies, and then by the time they're 3-4 months old, getting pregnant again.
18 months in between was more than enough for me, and I didn't even have a child to take care of (I was a surrogate). | 