• Sippy Cup
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      31 year ago

      There was a much higher likelihood of dying during childbirth too.

      Families with more than 4 or 5 children were almost certainly blended families.

        • Sippy Cup
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          11 year ago

          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.