tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post114120308545755949..comments2024-03-28T12:00:29.857+00:00Comments on Historical and Regency Romance UK: C18th midwiferyLouise Allenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09895724319451189592noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1141503754502934942006-03-04T20:22:00.000+00:002006-03-04T20:22:00.000+00:00>>We have come a long way in 300 years. Or have we...>>We have come a long way in 300 years. Or have we? Hospitals are plagued with lethal infections. Spot checks reveal a worrying lack of basic hygiene. Perhaps a home birth, [...] has a lot to recommend it after all.<<<BR/><BR/>Well now we can have both - a home birth with the option of transferring to a hospital should the need arise. And despite the number of hospital infections, maternal and infant mortality rates are very, very, very low nowadays compared to what they used to be. I'd agree that birth can be, and often is, over-medicalised. But there are a lot of us who would be dead today were it not for surgical or other medical interventions.<BR/><BR/>How many women nowadays think to write their wills as their due date approaches? That would have been something women thought about far more frequently in the Middle Ages.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1141400389010162722006-03-03T15:39:00.000+00:002006-03-03T15:39:00.000+00:00Very interesting post, Jane. I wonder what the 18...Very interesting post, Jane. I wonder what the 18th century midwife would think of the modern fashion for a water birth?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18955239.post-1141291702079238432006-03-02T09:28:00.000+00:002006-03-02T09:28:00.000+00:00What an interesting parallel with modern changes i...What an interesting parallel with modern changes in practice! Thank you for posting it.Carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901028520813891575noreply@blogger.com