Elvish Reproduction

[burrahobbit]

I've gotten to wondering, and I'm wondering at what other people thing. Did female Elves have a monthly cycle? Certainly not, I think, but would they have a cycle at all? I'm not sure about this. Elvish and Manish hroar are basically the same, but Elves have much more control of theirs. A female elf would need to go through the same process leading to ovulation and fertilization, but would she need to constantly cycle through the process as Manish females do? This is the part that I am unsure of. Elves are in control of their bodies. Could a female elf pause her cycle after menses but before the buildup towards fertilization? Would Elves have a cycle similar to that of Men? It wouldn't be as frequent (imagine how annoying that would be for an elf!), but it couldn't be too infrequent either. Laws and Customs of the Eldar says that the Elves have all of their children fairly young in life, and all at once.

[quote]But at whatever age they married, their children were born within a short space of years after their wedding.[quote]

For example, Elrond's children were born 111 years apart. We might be able to think that even shorter spaces of time were common as Laws and Customs also says

There were seldom more than four children in any house

We can take that to mean "at once," I think.

I'm going to stop now before I fall asleep or ramble too much more. What do you think?