Women were never meant to give birth on their backs

(bbc.com)

26 points | by ilt 8 hours ago

7 comments

  • ViktorRay 3 hours ago
    I wonder what it would take to get hospitals to change how women give birth based on this scientific evidence.
    • conception 1 hour ago
      Hospitals are starting to bring midwives and doulas back. Of course, educating women and families about their options and pushing back on inducing labor and c sections would help as well.
    • msephton 3 hours ago
      The hospital my wife first gave birth at were very accommodating with her request. I think education of the individuals is a bigger issue than the hospitals (who have probably send and done all different ways.)
  • thomassmith65 24 minutes ago
    I was curious about the claim so I did a web search for "Roman depiction of birth" and this is the first result:

    https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/1200x627/18720.jpg

    The mother appears to be sedentary, rather than supine. I doubt I would have noticed that detail had I not read the article.

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