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| Thread ID: 134634 | 2013-07-22 21:38:00 | New Royal born - It's a Prince! | lordnoddy (3645) | PC World Chat |
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| 1349561 | 2013-07-22 21:38:00 | :) great news. Sucks the media are all over them like flies - but I guess for all the Royalists out there (like my Mother) it's a great thing... story from Stuff attached. www.stuff.co.nz |
lordnoddy (3645) | ||
| 1349562 | 2013-07-23 01:30:00 | I'm sure that Sir Honi Key will be the first to fly over and congratulate them.. Bet the womens mags will go overboard with this along with all the monarchist in NZ.. | paulw (1826) | ||
| 1349563 | 2013-07-23 06:47:00 | For hundreds of years, royal women gave birth in front of spectators . It was a big custom among the French royalty—poor Marie Antoinette was almost killed by the great crush of people who poured into her bedchamber at Versailles when the doctor shouted that the baby was coming . Contemporary reports claim that it was stiflingly hot, that it was impossible to move for spectators, and that some people were climbing atop the furniture for a better view . No wonder she fainted . (And no wonder the custom was abandoned soon after . Well, sort of: The royal mother still gave birth before a crowd of people—ministers, advisors, trustworthy types—just a smaller one . ) A public viewing was designed to prove to the entire court that the child was indeed the fruit of the royal woman’s womb, that there hadn’t been a switch up at some point . Mary of Modena, queen consort of the Catholic King James II had no less than 70 people reportedly witnessing the birth of their longed-for son and heir, James Francis Edward Stuart, on June 10, 1688 . But measures to make sure that the royal baby was indeed the right one were still in place until 1936 . Until then, and including the births of Queen Elizabeth II and her sister, Princess Margaret, the British Home Secretary was required to stand outside the door of the birthing room, just to be sure . Queen Victoria was all about setting standards and starting fads, some of them better than others . For the vast majority of human existence, pain relief for women in labour was rare—and for at least some of history, said to be against the wishes of God . One woman in 1591 was burned at the stake after she asked for pain relief during the birth of her twins . Though not quite so extreme, that was the general attitude even after the discovery of relatively safe anesthetics in the 19th century . Ether and chloroform were all right for things like surgery and limb removal, but delivering babies the painful way was woman’s lot in life . And then, in 1853, at the birth of her eighth child, Prince Leopold, Queen Victoria asked her attending physician for a bit of the good stuff . Nowadays, instrumental births are more common; in the UK, around one in eight women delivers her child with help from a Ventouse (the vacuum) or forceps . Before the invention of the forceps, however, there were few options to unstick a stuck baby that didn’t result in the death of the mother or the child . The less said about that the better . Which is really the only interesting facts about rich people in the UK having babies . |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1349564 | 2013-07-23 07:52:00 | And what's with all this having the baby in hospital bull? Back in the 60's and 70's in England just about every woman had a home birth with just the midwife and a chosen helper or two in attendance | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1349565 | 2013-07-23 07:56:00 | I think it is called epidural. Only can get one of those in hospital. | Jen (38) | ||
| 1349566 | 2013-07-23 10:00:00 | For hundreds of years, royal women gave birth in front of spectators . It was a big custom among the French royalty—poor Marie Antoinette was almost killed by the great crush of people who poured into her bedchamber at Versailles when the doctor shouted that the baby was coming . Contemporary reports claim that it was stiflingly hot, that it was impossible to move for spectators, and that some people were climbing atop the furniture for a better view . No wonder she fainted . (And no wonder the custom was abandoned soon after . Well, sort of: The royal mother still gave birth before a crowd of people—ministers, advisors, trustworthy types—just a smaller one . ) A public viewing was designed to prove to the entire court that the child was indeed the fruit of the royal woman’s womb, that there hadn’t been a switch up at some point . Mary of Modena, queen consort of the Catholic King James II had no less than 70 people reportedly witnessing the birth of their longed-for son and heir, James Francis Edward Stuart, on June 10, 1688 . But measures to make sure that the royal baby was indeed the right one were still in place until 1936 . Until then, and including the births of Queen Elizabeth II and her sister, Princess Margaret, the British Home Secretary was required to stand outside the door of the birthing room, just to be sure . Queen Victoria was all about setting standards and starting fads, some of them better than others . For the vast majority of human existence, pain relief for women in labour was rare—and for at least some of history, said to be against the wishes of God . One woman in 1591 was burned at the stake after she asked for pain relief during the birth of her twins . Though not quite so extreme, that was the general attitude even after the discovery of relatively safe anesthetics in the 19th century . Ether and chloroform were all right for things like surgery and limb removal, but delivering babies the painful way was woman’s lot in life . And then, in 1853, at the birth of her eighth child, Prince Leopold, Queen Victoria asked her attending physician for a bit of the good stuff . Nowadays, instrumental births are more common; in the UK, around one in eight women delivers her child with help from a Ventouse (the vacuum) or forceps . Before the invention of the forceps, however, there were few options to unstick a stuck baby that didn’t result in the death of the mother or the child . The less said about that the better . Which is really the only interesting facts about rich people in the UK having babies . You forgot to add the original!! ( . com/article/51781/4-historical-royal-birthing-traditions" target="_blank">mentalfloss . com) :D:D |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1349567 | 2013-07-23 21:47:00 | Thought you were supposed to link articles that you copy from! You cant tell the piece from the opinion at the bottom..... | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 1349568 | 2013-07-24 22:23:00 | We also now have a name for anyone that was interested... George Alexander Louis! | lordnoddy (3645) | ||
| 1349569 | 2013-07-24 22:40:00 | We also now have a name for anyone that was interested... George Alexander Louis! How original :rolleyes: |
pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 1349570 | 2013-07-25 00:01:00 | We also now have a name for anyone that was interested... George Alexander Louis! Now to be forever known as GAL :) |
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