Conception to Swaddling
At this, the most dangerous time of life, our ancestors employed a whole host of customs & practices to attempt to safeguard both mother & baby.
Birth loomed larger in the minds of both women & men than it does now, in our softer, medicalised times.
In this lecture covers:
- Medical Understanding
- The Lying In
- Swaddling
- Church
- Superstition
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