Tag: Birth

• The Great Chicago Baby Mix-Up

  

  If you give birth at a hospital how well do you trust that the baby you go home with is the baby you gave birth to? Today most hospitals still rely on name tags, though with some high-tech gadgets like security cameras, bar code scanners, foot and fingerprint readers, and of course there’s DNA testing […]

  Aradia Wyndham

  August 5, 2022

  Babies, Birth

  1930s, Birth, Chicago, hospital birth, newborn, switched at birth

• The Weirdest Cry For Help Imaginable: Vagitus Uterinus

  

  A baby’s first cry has always been a symbol of celebration and an assurance of good health, there’s a word for it: vagitus. Some babies may take a bit longer than others to start crying after birth but what about those who can’t even wait to get out of the uterus to start crying?  This […]

  Aradia Wyndham

  April 30, 2022

  Birth

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• Jane Austen’s Birth | Pt 1

  

  In my Jane Austen Thinks series, I explore the Austens’ family letters, Jane’s novels, as well as contemporary fashions, scientific developments, and politics in England to get a better understanding of what life was like for growing families in the late 18th and early 19th century; and to get an idea of what Jane Austen […]

  Aradia Wyndham

  June 28, 2021

  Babies, Birth, Jane Austen Series, Pregnancy, Video

  art history, baby, Birth, breastfeeding, dry nursing, England, foster mother, Georgian, wet nursing

• Natural Birth in the Tudor Era

  

  What qualified as a natural birth in the 16th century? In this post, we look at what the Birth of Mankind, from 1540, had to say about a natural birth in the Tudor Era including birthing positions, recipes for potions, pessaries, vaginal incense, pain relieving lubricants, herbal baths with toxic heavy metals, as well as what kind of diet and exercise the Tudor woman should have in later pregnancy and during labor.

  Aradia Wyndham

  February 21, 2020

  Birth, Video

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• The Byrth of Mankynde, 1540 | Book History

  

  Learn more about the first book in English on pregnancy, birth, and newborn care: The Byrth of Mankynde, 1540.

  Aradia Wyndham

  February 7, 2020

  Birth, Pregnancy, Video

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• Humoral Medicine | Pregnancy, Birth, and Breastfeeding in the Middle Ages

  

  Learn about the humoral theory and it’s ideas about pregnancy, birth, and infant care including breastfeeding.

  Aradia Wyndham

  December 21, 2019

  Babies, Birth, Pregnancy, Video

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• Scribonia Attice, Ancient Roman Midwife

  

  Scribonia Attice was a midwife in ancient Rome; a well-respected professional who considered herself the equal of her husband, a surgeon.

  Aradia Wyndham

  October 2, 2019

  Birth, Video

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• Birth and Carriers in Indonesia

  

  Learn how the peoples of Indonesia incorporate their infant carriers into their postpartum traditions.

  Aradia Wyndham

  March 3, 2015

  Babies, Birth, Blog

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