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minus-square@ickplant@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink7•8 months agoIf one dies, I’ll just pop another out, right in the field. Cut the cord, and he can get to work.
minus-square@Wogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•8 months agoThere was a much higher likelihood of dying during childbirth too. Families with more than 4 or 5 children were almost certainly blended families.
minus-square@Wogi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•8 months agoChildbirth was the primary cause of death for women in the middle ages Your great grandmother had the benefit of centuries of modernization that the women we’re talking about did not. And even then, she was probably an outlier.
If one dies, I’ll just pop another out, right in the field. Cut the cord, and he can get to work.
There was a much higher likelihood of dying during childbirth too.
Families with more than 4 or 5 children were almost certainly blended families.
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Childbirth was the primary cause of death for women in the middle ages
Your great grandmother had the benefit of centuries of modernization that the women we’re talking about did not. And even then, she was probably an outlier.