If they are exactly one year apart or less they can be referred to as Irish Twins. It's not a common term because babies aren't usually born that close together. It's mostly a conversation piece.
In certain communities, it is routine for those babies to be born. Like, I guess, the Irish.
Twins aren't special these days because of IVF practices. In Europe, they limit you to one implanted embryo, and the government tells you how many times you can try. In the US it's all for-profit, so they implant as many as they can and then selectively abort if there's too many "successes." It's all pretty gross.
If they are exactly one year apart or less they can be referred to as Irish Twins. It's not a common term because babies aren't usually born that close together. It's mostly a conversation piece.
As an Irish twin I can say for one month my younger sibling loves being my twin.
I had no idea about the term until they told me about it. 11 months apart and decades down the line.
My wife has an Irish twin. They shared a crib together and fought over the same boys.
That's a pretty common term.
In certain communities, it is routine for those babies to be born. Like, I guess, the Irish.
Twins aren't special these days because of IVF practices. In Europe, they limit you to one implanted embryo, and the government tells you how many times you can try. In the US it's all for-profit, so they implant as many as they can and then selectively abort if there's too many "successes." It's all pretty gross.