Birth Flashcards
What was the most important role of the wife?
The most important part the wife had in the family and in marriage was to give birth and have kids
Why wasnt the husband taken into account for procreating aside from the act of sex?
The male sperm was not taken into consideration, and the role of procreation was placed solely on the woman’s ability to give birth and not the male’s fertility
What was the main cause of divorce?
Main cause of divorce was the absence of children
Emotional attachment still existed in marriage, but children were deemed more important in a lot of cases due to civic responsibilities
How did the ancients motivate girls to get married and have sex?
They told girls that there were medical conditions that can only be cured with creating a baby and having sex. Moreover, they said that to avoid going insane, marriage and sex was the only solution. In other words, sex would avoid pain for women
What methods were used to boost fertility?
Giving the women food and massages,
What was expected from midwives during the ancient times?
-Mid wives needed certain equipment
-Needed to have proper hygiene (nail cut) in order not to irritate the womb
-Mid wives need not be cultist so they can actually deliver and not pray
-Believed that wetnurse can give physical properties to child through breast milk and spread their morals
-Greek wet nurses were desired in order to teach their child greek
-Greek was a very desired lanauage in ancient Rome
-Ancients realized that the infants and young youth are able to learn language fastest at this age compared to older years
-Wet nurse is able to break the nuclear bond of the family through bonding with the child more than the mother
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What does the Story of Nero show about wetnurses?
Nero killed himself because no one cared for him. No one except his wetnurses mourned him which shows the deep connection a wetnurse can have with their child
what is pangenesis
Male and female sperm of echos of each other and they combine and form the individual
When the sperm meets the egg, a mini child is formed and its entire essence is already made
what is Epigensis
When conception occurs, the embryo grows bit by bit to grow into the individual rather than becoming it right at the meeting of the two sperm
The fetus is alive at conception so abortion was not looked down much to those who follow this
What forms of “birth control” was used and was it effective?
Many different forms of birth control were made, but all of them were very ineffective
Goat bladder condom
Spider method
Jumping up and down
How did the ancients view Abortion?
bortion was seen the same as killing a human due to pangnesis
Abortion was very dangerous for women
What are some ancient abortion techinques?
Physical labour will overburden body and cause death of fetus
Potions made from different ingredients
Who had the final say in an abortion?
It was a popular train of thought that men should always have a say in abortion or else the women would be robbing the husband of his child
Where did birth take place?
Birth room place at home in the womens quarters
Men of any kind (including doctors) were not allowed in the room
Mid wives and all who were females were allowed
What were some of the laws that were present surrounding a pregnant widow and did these laws exist?
A pregnant widow needs to announce she is pregnant and ppl need to see her to confirm she is pregnant
Strict confirmation with many women seeing if she pregnant
Strict conception and baby delivering protocals to prevent a mother from swapping babies or faking pregnancy
These laws to ensure the deceased father has his property inherited to the proper heir
