In times gone by, a British pregnancy could be a distinctly patriarchal affair. Women were told how to proceed by mainly male medics, had their pubic hair shaved for childbirth and were forced unnaturally on to their backs, with their feet in stirrups.
If things went really wrong, they could look forward to forceps, unnecessary caesareans, infected stitches, double incontinence, even death. If they survived, they could be blamed for not being able to breastfeed or, alternatively, badgered into getting their baby to feed from the bottle. Or they could have their postnatal depression misdiagnosed and end up not receiving the care they needed, even having their children taken away from them.
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