Dr. Jane Frederick was recently quoted in an article written by Joseph Wilkes and Vassia Barba for The Mirror US titled “Dying millionaire left fortune to any family who won bizarre social experiment.”

Charles Vance Millar, a wealthy Canadian lawyer known for his love of practical jokes, left an unforgettable mark on history with his final prank. Millar, who passed away at the age of 73 in 1926, devised a peculiar social experiment in his will. With no immediate heirs or close relatives to inherit his fortune, which would be over $10 million in today’s Canadian currency, he pledged the majority of his wealth to the Toronto family that could produce the most children within ten years of his death.

Local newspapers dubbed the competition the “Stork Derby” and it quickly became a topic of widespread fascination. Families strategized on how to increase their fertility amidst the economic downturn and limited medical knowledge of the time.

Getting pregnant can be a daunting task, especially for first-time mothers. Dr. Jane Frederick, a reproductive endocrinologist at HRC Fertility in Newport Beach, California, told FiveThirtyEight that the chances of conceiving again depend on “if she breastfeeds and how much time her uterus is given to recover.”

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