Being Pregnant in The Middle Ages…

[@Bdkdklllvv]

I really appreciate that you talk about everyday, ordinary people, not just emperors and kings and wars. I like learning about the average person’s life. I feel like normal people is what truly made medieval Europe what is was. And of course there’s more info on kings and such than there is on the peasants, so I’m sure it’s harder to gather information. Anyway this is my favorite history channel

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

What a way to go.

[@sdb9884]

Was throwing fruit in people’s faces so common that they had to say something against doing it to pregnant women?

[@anti-usernamesaltaccount3623]

Hey Hey guess what I have an apple 🤨 🍎🙂 😧 🍎💨 🙂 🤯🍎 🙂

[@h0rriphic]

@@anti-usernamesaltaccount3623I hate myself for laughing at this

[@sdb9884]

@@anti-usernamesaltaccount3623 That was cute!

[@Suomi91]

So silly 😂 ​@@h0rriphic

[@Athenaa13]

Life was boring back then

[@theconqueringram5295]

Childbirth. Amazing how something so vital to the continuance of humanity can be so painful and so dangerous.

[@loneshewolf74]

That's because it's basically punishment for having sex.

[@ThinWhiteAxe]

​@@loneshewolf74 Nah its more because we stand on our hind legs & have narrower pelvises than our quadripedal counterparts

[@OstblockLatina]

It's all because of the evolution of humans' intelectual capability - our babies' heads grow almost too big to squeeze through the birth canal when their bodies are still underdeveloped in comparison to other primates.

[@theo1216]

​@@ThinWhiteAxeNo I'm pretty sure its God punishing us for indulging in carnal sin

[@GeneralLeia]

@@loneshewolf74yes that’s why all those wild animals get epidurals 😅

[@wordytoed9887]

This thumbnail is the most disturbing aspect of this video. HEAVENS!

[@JaylaStarr]

I advise not looking back then… there was a thumbnail with a cat holding a certain body part in its mouth 😂

[@stonerllc7585]

Guy fieri baby

[@-Varwen-]

Dude, I did a triple take to make sure I saw it right 😂😂😂😂

[@rarebird_82]

Freal freal! 😂

[@Monique-d6k]

😂😂😂😂‼️

[@kellyshomemadekitchen]

My Appalachian grandmother once got very upset because my pregnant aunt (her daughter) had looked at a dead wild boar that my Dad had killed on a hunting trip. Grandma just knew that would “mark the baby” in one way or another. Well, the child did turn out to be a complete nincompoop and still is to this day in her mid 40s. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@bugmeep]

Reminds me of when I was in my first trimester, also live in Appalachia. came home to a decapitated squirrel in our dining room floor!! Our kitty had brought us a present, I had my husband dispose of it. You could hear me gagging all through the valley!!!

[@kellyshomemadekitchen]

@@bugmeep 😂

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Sounds like a remedy found only in an episode of “THE ADDAMS FAMILY”.

[@SilverEternal22]

NOT GUY FIERI AS BABY JESUS IN THE THUMBNAIL BRUUUUUH

[@sylviaburns2995]

Indeed!🤣😂😅😂

[@ShazbotNanewNanew]

Gay Ferrari lol

[@AndYourLittleDog]

The prophecy is nigh

[@judithmccrea2601]

Got lots of hits, though😂😂😂

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Just in paintings from way back when.

[@QueenetBowie]

Always be thankful you live in the 21st century.

[@h0rriphic]

Indeed

[@LordOfNihil]

i feel like were on the dawn of dark ages part 2.

[@natalieeis9284]

Unless you live in Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea, Russia or one of the other shitholes where people are not free but killed and oppressed.

[@loneshewolf74]

I'd be thankful if things stayed the way they did in the late 20th century.

[@OstblockLatina]

Unless maybe you're a woman in Iran or Afghanistan...

[@Celestinewarbeck]

Omg I had to click just for the thumbnail 😂😂😂😂

[@judithmccrea2601]

Guy Frieri and his Mommy! 😂😂😂

[@marystone860]

Yeah, that was priceless! 🤣

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Heavens to hemlock!

[@CBrown86]

The first “Is it a girl or a boy?” Infographic: I had two girls. No nausea with either. My mother had me and two boys. Her sickness was horrible with my brothers. Morning sickness has nothing to do with whether the baby is male or female. Its hilarious how internal misogyny tries to set girls up for failure before they are even born.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

How unusual.

[@jessjess23brooks89]

Same, two girls. Absolutely no nausea. Perfectly glowy and very much unfairly easy pregnancies. My MIL was nauseous to the point of being bedridden for both boys and girls. Gender has nothing to do with it.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

How puzzling.

[@ManateeMaiden]

You got me with the thumbnail. Welcome your newest follower.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

So far so good.

[@RheverendJ]

You won’t be disappointed

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Depends on the circumstances of the dilemma.

[@natalieeis9284]

That poor weasel. Why do people always have to hurt and torture animals?

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Lunacy.

[@Athenaa13]

Many people believe that animals dont feel pain, especially back then

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Good grief!

[@VulcanLogic]

1 in 60 pregnancies ended the mother. It's now 1 in 4000. That still seems really really high.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

It just happens to make the more favorable for the mother under the circumstances of the dilemma.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Ok, so the odds have changed favorably.

[@Auroraeevee-m1q]

@@VulcanLogic Unfortunately, there will always be maternal mortality. Reproduction is imperfect and complications happen, but the maternal mortality rate has decreased considerably due to modern medicine (blood transfusions, antibiotics, Pitocin and other drugs to treat hemorrhage, surgery, etc.).

[@jeanfish7]

Walking during labor is actually good

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

But it should be as little as possible.

[@Auroraeevee-m1q]

​@@LindaCooper-i3f If the mother and baby are tolerating labor well, there's no reason not to try it. I was encouraged to move around and walk during my labors, including the pushing phase.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

More or less.

[@yogachick1955]

Pica is actually quite common in the animal world. Pregnant females, in particular, are drawn to things like clay and other kinds of earth or mineral because their bodies need the minerals that are naturally present in them. As for giving a woman with pica beans with sugar, beans are high in folic acid. If a mother's diet doesn't have enough folic acid during pregnancy, it can cause her child to develop with a cleft lip or palate aka a "hare lip." Avoidance of cleft palates is probably why pregnant women were advised to avoid eating hare's heads

[@normairizarryni]

I’m not planning on having kids but if I where, I am very happy that I live in this time. I CANNOT imagine giving birth during this time period. Or any time period before modern medicine.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Just remember that the father’s and other relatives belong solely in the waiting room.

[@normairizarryni]

@@LindaCooper-i3f I forgot about that. It must have been lonely. It was even worse for royalty since birth was basically a public spectacle

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Good grief! Better to keep the fathers in the waiting room regardless of the circumstances of the dilemma. Also, the cutting of the cord is the job of the DOCTOR, not the father!

[@probegt75]

That baby at the end was definitely born in West Virginia 😂

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Tell it to America’s founding fathers.

[@DaisyEyes615]

thank you for not using obvious AI images in the video!!! appreciated

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

So far so good.

[@smrk2452]

Yeah

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Definitely.

[@GeneralLeia]

The thumbnail is a fever dream I had once. Also, thank you for the content warning ❤

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Heavens to hemlock.

[@loneshewolf74]

9:44 reminds me that if there's anything that makes me glad to be living in the 21st Century, it's that being left-handed is usually now tolerated. In most western countries, anyway.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Possibly.

[@smrk2452]

It wasn’t even tolerated in the 20th century

[@judithmccrea2601]

Eating soil, etc is also a symptom of anemia which is common during pregnancy.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Obviously.

[@RheverendJ]

Apparently craving ice is also thought to be a form of pika. My friend and I both had a craving for ice (especially sonic ice) when we were pregnant. I would get excited about going to work because my office has an ice machine that made ice with the perfect texture I was craving. 😆

[@Hailey-mx4kc]

I think it’s funny the wives tales make all the symptoms of having a boy seem more appealing then a girl lol

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Or so it seems.

[@Auroraeevee-m1q]

I really enjoyed this video. My only issue is that, even in the medieval times, there had to have been women who knew that they were pregnant before they felt any fetal movements/quickening. Oftentimes, in first pregnancies, quickening isn't felt until 20 weeks or more. There are early signs that indicate pregnancy besides missing periods--morning sickness, breast tenderness, weight gain, and fatigue. I realize that, even now, there are cases in which women don't even realize that they are pregnant until they go into labor, but they are not common. Given how important it was for royal women to produce heirs, I would bet that they, as well as their ladies in waiting and midwives, kept an eye out for symptoms of early pregnancy

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

And all the more reason why the fathers are better off staying in the waiting room.

[@Auroraeevee-m1q]

@@LindaCooper-i3f 🤷

[@KimberlyPatton-x1n]

Another great adventure!❤!

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

More or less.

[@psychocat99]

Git me with the Guy F. clickbait LMAO! love your videos!!!

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Likewise.

[@JaylaStarr]

Did yall know in ancient Egypt (1850 BC) they used things like dung as birth control lol i would take the baby risk 😂

[@h0rriphic]

Yeah…I feel like crocodile dung wound up in far too many things in ancient Egypt.

[@JaylaStarr]

@@h0rriphic omg seriously!!! Lmao 🤣

[@GoBlueGirl78]

That’s the origin of “doing the nasty” 😂

[@JaylaStarr]

@@GoBlueGirl78 ok u won! lol dang why can’t I be that witty lol my husband and kids never laugh at my jokes lol I’m stealing this 😉

[@GoBlueGirl78]

@@JaylaStarr🤣🤣

[@karkovice10]

fishheads fishheads rolly poly fishheads fishheads fishheads eat 'em up, yum! 😁

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

A neighbor at one time used fish heads to poison our cats just out of spite.

[@Athenaa13]

There is a burnt corpse behind the McDonald's i go to

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Where’s Quincy and Ducky when we need them?

[@FloridaManVal]

That baby is in flavortown

[@GeneralLeia]

😂

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Possibly?!

[@Ilovevintage77]

This channel is fascinating as is your beautiful accent

[@heatherwimberly5190]

We can’t go back to the kind of thinking represented in this video so be sure that we vote 💙

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Sounds logical enough.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

How about a lack of disinfectant?

[@cilldublin07]

Is that the fella from diners, drive ins & dives in the thumbnail picture??

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Not exactly.

[@janaskibo871]

Guy Fiero as a baby wasn't what I was expecting to see today. 😂😂

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Good grief.

[@JaylaStarr]

both my kids practically fell outta me… b4 u make any assumptions they were tiny 5lb-ers… I didn’t have a huge box 📦 😂 My husband doesn’t let up whenever I mention giving birth he waves me away saying how easy it was lol 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@GoBlueGirl78]

😂😂 Best comment

[@pixel9548]

Augh! Mine were both almost 9 pounds. It was some effort evicting them.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Tell him that a father’s place is in the waiting room, not the delivery room.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Possibly.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Sounds like a good submission for Reader’s Digest.

[@Domestikos88]

Back then. What were toddlers fed when breast feeding wasn't enough?

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Soups, stews, and assorted broths, etc.

[@Bdkdklllvv]

Animal milk. I saw it in another video. From this same channel I think, too. And it would be unpasteurized so risk of the child dying was higher.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

So the devices used for straining milk weren’t exactly invented yet.

[@mikitz]

8:51 Didn't know there were Vault Boy references found in the old texts.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Puzzling, isn’t it?

[@nickanthropocene6502]

Keeping kids from keeping kids from keeping kids from keeping kids from saying first.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Heavens to hemlock.

[@rarebird_82]

I have had lifelong pika but it was vastly exacerbated during my 3 pregnancies. I chew/eat sponges, but only used ones that taste so. I know.... awful 🤭

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Just stick to fully loaded jars of whole dill pickles.

[@EverettvonNordeck-gf2cw]

Love the non biased fact based reality history checks this channel provides. Keep it up. A rarity nowadays.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Now that’s the spirit.

[@reesearmstrong912]

1:39 historically accurate Star butterfly

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Good grief.

[@reesearmstrong912]

@@LindaCooper-i3f ?

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

That figure of speech was introduced into the lexicon by Charles Schulz who drew Snoopy and Woodstock alongside of Charlie Brown.

[@coconutsmarties]

She gave birth to.. *Johnny Vegas??*

[@susannah6500]

😂

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Who’s he?

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Sounds like a lone dingbat.

[@coconutsmarties]

@@LindaCooper-i3f A chubby English comedian

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

I’m loyal to the late comedian Benny Hill.

[@Bakerygo]

Glad to live in the 21st century.

[@paristezgerevska5436]

100%

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Not necessarily.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Egads!

[@Thomas-yr3id]

Why does the narrator sound like my old goat Danny burke from most amazing top 10

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

No clues at all.

[@GodofMelon420]

Guy feiri is a vampire its in his lore

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Tell it to Vlad The Impaler.

[@TearsforAmerica]

I only click on this because of the thumb nail.( Baby Guy)

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Good grief.

[@Awakeandalive1]

Aside from being replete with anachronistic modernisms, it drives me bonkers that your videos use Orthodox imagery to represent Medieval Western Europe!

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Because most of the artwork of the time was frowned upon by the Catholic Church.

[@Chuck44442]

...excuse me .. make testicles into powdered drink..

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Alchemy obviously.

[@dailiwu9039]

What's the meaning of "eat a hair's head." 0:24

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

The head of a rabbit 🐇 🐰.

[@dailiwu9039]

@@LindaCooper-i3f ok thanks

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Anytime at all.

[@Slayer_of_demons64]

0:35 that baby was jacked.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Holy Griswold!

[@sumbunniii8721]

I love how majority of these are clearly through a man’s point of view with no regard to how the women actually feel or are truly experiencing 🙃🙃

[@lucy9698]

Women's health may still be a far cry from perfection, but at least it's not THAT bad anymore 😂🤣

[@ae2948]

Unless you find yourself in Woodhull hospital ( a NYC public hospital rapidly becoming famous because of pregnancy related injuries and deaths ).

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Obviously.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Apparently their facility doesn’t have a trauma center.

[@ae2948]

@@LindaCooper-i3f If you mean Woodhull, they do have an ER/ED.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

I was thinking more in terms of McKee General from the classic short-lived 1983 ABC medical drama series “TRAUMA CENTER”.

[@OmegaFox09]

WHY IS GUY FIERI ON THE THUMBNAIL??? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Possibly.

[@yo_titijijo]

Wild

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

So it seems.

[@terrainegrace17]

I just want to say a big THANK YOU!!! For saying pregnant WOMEN!

[@dennisburt4614]

Not being a woke idiot it didnt even cross my mind until i see your coment made me laugh whata sad time we live in when some people are outdoing eachother with how dumb can u get

[@h0rriphic]

@@dennisburt4614 it’s a regular douche-off out here 💀

[@imays12]

if he said birthing person i probably would’ve keeled over and died

[@Nova-c5k]

You Took The Words Right Out Of My Mouth ❤

[@judithmccrea2601]

Women are people too, ya know.

[@madamedex5989]

Love the part about instructing men not to look upon a woman walking around in labor, lest she be embarrassed. She's not embarrassed. She's busy! Go away!

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

And all the more reason why during childbirth, fathers should just traditionally pace up and down on the floor of the waiting room.

[@Auroraeevee-m1q]

@@LindaCooper-i3f Some men are actually very helpful and supportive while their wives are in labor. My husband was wonderful with all of my labors and births, including one in which the baby didn't make it. Without him, it would've been so much harder for me. Some men--and some women--are not good in this situation. If they can't handle being there, then they shouldn't be there. Unfortunately, I encountered a few medical professionals who weren't supportive or empathetic when I had my children. I had a male doctor who was very compassionate and understanding, and one who was rude, insensitive and argumentative with the nurses and me in the operating room.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Well, be that as it, I still FIRMLY believe that cutting the cord is the job of the doctor, not the father!

[@Auroraeevee-m1q]

@@LindaCooper-i3f In some cases, the father is given a choice to cut it, which he can refuse. In other cases, like C-sections, the doctor does it. If I had vaginally birthed my kids, I would have asked the midwife/doctor if I could cut the cord myself, if my husband refused. I'm just really interested in labor and childbirth.

[@Auroraeevee-m1q]

@@LindaCooper-i3f I look at it like this: as long as it's a medically safe option, to each their own. What works for me might not work for you. My preferences are mine while your preferences are yours. I think that people should know their options and get to decide what they would like to do before any medical situation.

[@brummelliana3584]

5:17 the woman in this painting is said to not be pregnant

[@Athenaa13]

Bro wtf is that thumbnail

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

IDK.

[@rizzqlynn]

WHAT IS THAT THUMBNAIL 😭😭

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Intriguing.

[@asmrbruh8070]

No I’m not!!!

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Suit yourself.

[@thijsjong]

Tips for women pregnant in the middle ages. Best tip. Dont get pregnant in the middle ages. You did get pregnant in the middle ages. Well good luck. There is no second best tip.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Definitely sounds like there’s a flaw in the slaw.

[@hsmd4533]

The trigger warning is so ridic

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Depends on the circumstances of the dilemma in question.

[@DarthKater311]

Lmao what a Guy!

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Goodnight nurse!

[@Kittie28]

I just don't understand why men have always hated women

[@jared_slouch395]

Bonkers

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Probably.

[@Theanomalyof88]

I'll take the bear pit, please.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Holy Griswold!

[@karencarroll8888]

🌺🌼🌼🌺🌺

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Tip toe through the tulips.

[@FeverMutt]

how is babby formed. how girl get pergent?

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Interesting point.

[@Auroraeevee-m1q]

@@FeverMutt By the girl and the guy drinking out of the same cup

[@abraxasjinx5207]

In the US we're going to have to start adhering to these ancient customs again if maga has its way.

[@GeneralLeia]

Texas Taliban, yo

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

These old time methods are strictly for the likes of the Addams Family and the Munsters alone.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Great gobs of goose grease!

[@keepgoing7533]

Ples, expecting mothers don't drink alcohols or your baba may come out with a goatee.

[@Jaa__17]

Can you make a vid about immigrants in the medieval times ?

[@ae2948]

Good one. YES. I'd love to see that too. Individuals or groups migrating from one place to another.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Or serfs fleeing into the wilderness possibly?

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Sounds like a good possibility.

[@NiNi_of6]

WHY DOES THE BABY LOOK LIKE GUY FIERAI. BEARD MUSTACHE AND ALL.😊

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

No clues on that one.

[@rlbarney2]

A trigger warning? I didn't think we were in backwards UK. If someone is offended by this topic, they should avoid. No such thing as a right to not be offended.

[@elise2816]

What are you banging on about lmao the note in the beginning has nothing to do with people being ‘offended’.

[@dinealone0]

tell me you’ve never been through a traumatic event without telling me you’ve never been through a traumatic event

[@gildedr0se]

you’re the one who sounds offended bro

[@icebox1954]

@@dinealone0 Tell me you're a snowflake without telling me you're a snowflake.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

It’s possible.

[@0gfr0gy_99]

no please i don’t want this POV ☹️

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Heavens to hemlock.

[@Iggy_Dogg]

That's not what POV means. Unsubbed

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Good grief.

[@dJF117]

Ancient pregnancy test = peeing on barley.

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Heavens to hemlock!

[@LindaCooper-i3f]

Great Caesar’s Ghost!