Tag: childbirth

• 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

  16th century, Birth, birth positions, childbirth, herbal baths, labor diet, labor pain, laxatives, mercury, midwifery, natural birth, potions, prenatal care, prenatal diet, prenatal exercise, saffron, the birth of mankind, Tudor era, vaginal fumigation, vaginal incense, wine

• The Byrth of Mankynde, 1540

  

  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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• The Myth of Childbearing Hips | Squished Pt 2 |

  

  These hips don’t lie. They were selected for by evolutionary pressures right along with bigger headed babies. Learn why female humans tend to have wider hips than males and why it has little to do with birth.

  Aradia Wyndham

  October 4, 2018

  Birth, Blog

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• What is the Obstetrical Dilemma? |Squished Pt 1|

  

  So you’re an obstetrician in the early 20th century. You want to expand your practice to include all pregnancies and births, not just the high risk ones (but not those of black women, oh no!) So you gather up some sexist and racist drivel and viola! The Obstetrical Dilemma is born… and it’s killing women to this day.

  Aradia Wyndham

  September 24, 2018

  Birth, Blog, Pregnancy

  cesarean, childbirth, fetopelvic disproportion, Jim Crow, maternal mortality, newborn, obstetrical dilemma, racism, Schultz, Scientific American, sexism, Washburn, WHO