In a message dated 8/4/03 1:49:21 PM US Mountain Standard Time, dave.tompsett@sympatico.ca writes: > back in the 1880's timekeeping wasn't nearly as significant a matter as > it was then. > a child born at 11:45 pm on Sunday could be two days earlier than a child > born 12:05 am on tuesday, despite being only 25 hours apart. > Add that to the fact that sloppy timekeeping could vary a few hours, > "sunup" ; "noon" ; and "sundown" were the important times to > an agricultural society. So my bet is - a sure possibility for those twins. > That is a possible theory. Also, when I had my twins one was ready to come out, the other was quite content right where she was. The doc had to "speeden her appearance" so maybe 100 hundred years ago they did not know they could or didnt know how to hurry the delivery up. Joan