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I think the role of midwives is actually quite fascinating. The amount of reliance and trust women put in them to safely deliver their children is just remarkable, almost like the same amount of faith women put in doctors and medicine (and heavy drugs) today. They were there for more than birth too, which I think is often overlooked, in that they were seen as the person to go to when you had an illness or a disease because they had such an incredible knowledge of herbs and recipes. Whether they knew it or not, they were vital to a society during their "prime" for lack of a better word. I think it's neat that, even though times have changed remarkably in terms of medicine and childbirth go, midwives are still around today. They are still trusted with childbirth today and it's interesting that it's an alternative that never seemed to go away for some people. -Kelly W. | I think the role of midwives is actually quite fascinating. The amount of reliance and trust women put in them to safely deliver their children is just remarkable, almost like the same amount of faith women put in doctors and medicine (and heavy drugs) today. They were there for more than birth too, which I think is often overlooked, in that they were seen as the person to go to when you had an illness or a disease because they had such an incredible knowledge of herbs and recipes. Whether they knew it or not, they were vital to a society during their "prime" for lack of a better word. I think it's neat that, even though times have changed remarkably in terms of medicine and childbirth go, midwives are still around today. They are still trusted with childbirth today and it's interesting that it's an alternative that never seemed to go away for some people. -Kelly W. | ||
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| + | I feel like the shift from midwives and a communal birth to a more private birth with a physician is another way of showing the shift to a more personalized and independent lifestyle. I also think that this was another area that men had to be superior over women even though the midwife had been the norm for ages. I do think that these physicians were obviously beneficial to the world of medicine and to saving women and childrens' lives. It is just unfortunate that the women who had been helping other women give birth since, well, pretty much the beginning of time had to take a back seat to men and science. But really, what else is new? - Kari | ||
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