History of midwifery

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Midwives have been around as long as women have given birth.

Marie Grissot and Aimée Potens are just two of the women finally being written back into the history of childbirth.

Florence Nightingale was a prominent figure in nursing whose exceptional work immensely affected 19th and 20th-century policies concerning proper care of

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Hygiene and ritual marked every moment of life for pregnant Aztec women. The tlamatlquiticitl—midwife—offered those in her charge a remarkable 16th-century birthing plan, combining practical care, drugs for pain relief, and religious ceremonies.

From Ancient Greek origins to the creator of the ultrasound, ten people who helped develop the practice of midwifery

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Men in the delivery room were not well received.