Commentary for Yevamot 237:11

אמר רב נחמן אמר רבה בר אבוה רישא דאיסור כרת חששו סיפא דאיסור לאו לא חששו

That it is in agreement with the view of<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'like'. ');">²⁹</span> R. Meir? Read, then, the final clause: IF SHE HAD A MOTHER-IN-LAW SHE NEED NOT APPREHEND [THE POSSIBILITY OF THE BIRTH OF ANOTHER SON]; but why? One should be guided by the majority of women, and the majority of women conceive and bear while a minority miscarry, and, since all those who bear [produce] a half of males and a half of females, the minority of those who miscarry should be added to the half [of those who bear] females, and so the males would constitute a minority which<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' According to R. Meir. ');">³⁰</span> should be taken into consideration!<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And, contrary to the ruling in our Mishnah, the woman should, as in the first clause, be forbidden marriage. ');">³¹</span>

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