Let's say I don't want to be a self-sufficient farmer after the apocolypse

[conuly]

What else can I do to sustain myself? Give me some ideas, they don't have to be necessarily good or easy ones. I'm not talking *right* after, either. I'm talking when the dystopias pick up, several years down the line after things have settled down. (Ever notice how these books always assume that if you survive the initial upheaval of life as you knowing suddenly grinding to a halt, you'll be all right?)

(And yes, this entire post assumes the end of the world as we know it is coming. If you don't think that's likely to happen, speculate anyway.)

Comments

[conuly]

Most people can nurse twins if they eat enough oatmeal and such, can't they? I thought that, like most mammals, humans can normally sustain as many infants as we've got nipples.

[leora.livejournal.com]

Can, yes. How easy the nutrition would be to come by in your apocalyptic future, I don't know. But mainly it's a matter of, would you want to? Managing two babies and breastfeeding them both seems like a lot to handle. Maybe it'd work for you. I wouldn't want to do it without a really good reason, but I might if I were lactating anyway and someone I knew had a baby she couldn't breastfeed for some reason.

[conuly]

Neither do I. That's why it's the future. At any rate, I don't intend to have kids, so, let's just end discussion now. Wetnursing isn't a real option, then.

[lizziey.livejournal.com]

Chris' mom never needed anything to bosst her supply when nursing him and Richard. Don't forget, nursing mainly relies on a Supply and Demand thing. There is a demand for enough for twins, most bodies will Supply enough for said twins, without all the extra stuff to make extra milk.