{"id":25700,"date":"2023-06-09T08:34:20","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T06:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=232632"},"modified":"2023-06-09T09:11:38","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T07:11:38","slug":"pregnancy-childbirth-in-the-19th-century","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/pregnancy-childbirth-in-the-19th-century\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnancy &#038; childbirth in the 19th century"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> Jessica Cox shares stories of pregnancy and childbirth from the 19th century, and explores what they can tell us about women\u2019s experiences of motherhood in the era <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Lauren Good\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Friday, 09 June 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p><hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Despite motherhood being viewed as a fundamental part of a woman\u2019s destiny during the 19th century, pregnancy, birth, and the postnatal experience are often left out of written histories of the period. From <a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/period\/victorian\/queen-victoria-facts-life-children-prince-albert-husband-marriage-reign\/&quot;\">Queen Victoria<\/a>\u2019s birthing room to advice surrounding breastfeeding, Dr Jessica Cox talks to Lauren Good about stories of motherhood that have been overlooked.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"&quot;wp-audio-shortcode&quot;\" id=\"&quot;audio-232632-1&quot;\" preload=\"&quot;none&quot;\" style=\"&quot;width:\" controls=\"&quot;controls&quot;\"><source type=\"&quot;audio\/mpeg&quot;\" src=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Jessiccoxmotherhood-8109040.mp3?_=1&quot;\"\/><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Jessiccoxmotherhood-8109040.mp3&quot;\">https:\/\/media.immediate.co.uk\/volatile\/sites\/7\/2023\/06\/Jessiccoxmotherhood-8109040.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><strong>Jessica Cox is the author of <em>Confinement: The Hidden History of Maternal Bodies in Nineteenth-Century Britain<\/em> (The History Press, 2023)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/uk.bookshop.org\/p\/books\/confinement-the-hidden-history-of-maternal-bodies-in-nineteenth-century-britain-jessica-cox\/7389289?ean=9780750998574&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\"><b>Buy now on Bookshop.org<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><a href=\"\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Confinement-History-Maternal-Nineteenth-Century-Britain\/dp\/0750998571?tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-0&quot;\" rel=\"&quot;sponsored&quot; noopener noreferrer\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\"><b>Buy now on Amazon<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"&quot;p1&quot;\"><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/confinement\/jessica-cox\/9780750998574&quot;\"><span class=\"&quot;s1&quot;\"><b>Buy now on Waterstones<\/b><\/span><\/a><b\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Help us develop the HistoryExtra podcast offering by taking part in our latest research:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"&quot;https:\/\/immediateinsiders.com\/uc\/admin\/b7a7\/?a=1&amp;b=&amp;c=3&quot;\">Get started now<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"no-tts wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Jessica Cox shares stories of pregnancy and childbirth from the 19th century, and explores what they can tell us about women\u2019s experiences of motherhood in the era <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":25701,"template":"","categories":[1],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"< 1"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/06\/pregnancy-childbirth-in-the-19th-century.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/06\/pregnancy-childbirth-in-the-19th-century-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/06\/pregnancy-childbirth-in-the-19th-century-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/06\/pregnancy-childbirth-in-the-19th-century.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/06\/pregnancy-childbirth-in-the-19th-century.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/06\/pregnancy-childbirth-in-the-19th-century.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2023\/06\/pregnancy-childbirth-in-the-19th-century.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Jessica Cox shares stories of pregnancy and childbirth from the 19th century, and explores what they can tell us about women\u2019s experiences of motherhood in the era","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/25700"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}