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Skyblacker t1_iztruqi wrote on December 11, 2022 at 8:08 PM

Reply to comment by Fearless_Reaction592 in A question on the history of perineal stitches after giving birth by Endorion

I wonder if something was lost in the shift from midwifery to male-dominated hospital births. Maybe our ancestors' midwives had knowledge of childbirth and recovery that's been lost to time or is only just being rediscovered.