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Originally Posted by Walking Shadow
Re: Giving birth unassisted being the biggest cause of death among women pre-20th century.
Total bullshit.
Now then, it's the fact that many women gave birth in disgustingly filthy environments which led to fatal infections that was the leading cause of death, but those women sure as hell weren't alone when they gave birth.
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OK, they were either unassisted or assisted by people who had virtually no medical knowledge.
Better?
Seriously, women croaked at an alarming rate squeezing out kids before medical knowledge - about infections, anatomy, etc - came along.