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Mali’s Nonuplets | Rabbit Holes #Shorts
Sources: Ahmed, Baba and Tarik El Barakah. 5 May 2021. “Woman from Mali gives birth to 9 babies in Morocco.” AP. Chappell, Bill. 6 May 2021. “Nonuplets: Woman From Mali Gives Birth To 9 Babies.” NPR. Guenfoud, Ibtissem. 30 July 2021. “Mom speaks out about giving birth to 9 babies.” ABC News. Hanson, Kait. 30 […]
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What Did Jane Austen Think About Childbirth? | Pt 2.2
In part one of this series, I covered the reproductive history and childcare strategies of Jane Austen’s parents. Across the five installments of the second part, I will show that Jane’s attitudes about marriage were shaped– not by her desire to become a published author– but by her observations of motherhood, particularly the annual rounds […]
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Norman Barwin: Canada’s Sperm Swapping Fertility Doctor | Rabbit Holes #Shorts
Sources: Al-Badri, Georgina. 2 Aug 2021. “Part of donor doctor payout earmarked for DNA database.” BioNews. Beaulne-Stuebing, Laura. 2 Aug 2013. “Renowned Ottawa doctor loses Order of Canada appointment.” iPolitics. The Canadian Press. 25 Jun 2019. “Fertility doctor’s licence revoked after he used own sperm to inseminate patients.” CBC. DiManno, Rosie. 31 Jan 2013. “After […]
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Hungarian Bronze Age Twins |Rabbit Holes #Shorts
Cavazzuti C, Hajdu T, Lugli F, Sperduti A, Vicze M, Horváth A, et al. (2021) Human mobility in a Bronze Age Vatya ‘urnfield’ and the life history of a high-status woman.
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Death of Mary Wollstonecraft after childbirth, by William Godwin (1798) | Primary Source Read Along
After his new wife’s premature death in 1797 following the birth of her second, and their first child Mary, William Godwin wrote Memoirs of the Author of The Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1798. Read along with me the final chapter in which he documents the ten days following the birth until her […]
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What Did Jane Austen Think About Pregnancy? | Pt 2.1
In part one of this series, I covered the reproductive history and childcare strategies of Jane Austen’s parents. In this part, I will show that Jane’s attitudes about marriage were shaped– not by her desire to become a published author– but by her observations of motherhood, particularly the physiological and psychological changes involved in annual […]
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“An Address to Pregnant Females” 1810 | Read Along
Check out An Address to Pregnant Women at the Wellcome Collection
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“An Essay Upon Nursing” 1748 | Primary Source Read Along
I am still working on part two of the Jane Austen series so I thought this week I would do a read along video for one of the primary sources I used for part one. This is William Cadogan’s letter to the governors of the Foundling Hospital in London, published in 1748. He doesn’t approve […]
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White Blood: A History of Human Milk | Book Review
“White Blood: A history of human milk– How babies have been fed from antiquity to modern times and why it matters” by Lawrence Trevelyan Weaver, comes out July 30, 2021.
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Jane Austen’s Birth | Pt 1
This is the first of a two parter exploring the life and times of Jane Austen with relation to pregnancy birth and mothering. In this series I combine the popular culture, scientific developments and politics, along with the family’s letters and Jane’s novels to gain a better understanding of what life was like for growing […]
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