Pregnancy in the Past: A History of Conception

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6 күн бұрын

Let’s discuss the understanding that our early modern counterparts had about how and - indeed - when to get pregnant…
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Portrait of Henry VIII by Joos van Cleve (c.1530-1535). Held by the Royal Collection Trust.
Portrait of Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Richmond and Somerset by Lucas Horenbout (1533-1534). Held by the Royal Collection Trust.
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Quoted texts:
Instructions regarding Katherine of Aragon’s religious devotions, reproduced by Giles Tremlett in “Katherine of Aragon: Henry’s Spanish Queen” (2010).
Pechey, John, 1655-1716. A General Treatise of the Diseases of Maids, Bigbellied Women, Child-Bed-Women, and Widows Together with the Best Methods of Preventing Or Curing the Same / by J. Pechey .. , London, 1696.
Rüff, Jakob, 1500-1558. The Expert Midwife, Or an Excellent and most Necessary Treatise of the Generation and Birth of Man Wherein is Contained Many very Notable and Necessary Particulars Requisite to be Knovvne and Practised: With Diuers Apt and Usefull Figures Appropriated to this Worke. also the Causes, Signes, and various Cures, of the most Principall Maladies and Infirmities Incident to Women. Six Bookes Compiled in Latine by the Industry of Iames Rueff, a Learned and Expert Chirurgion: And Now Translated into English for the Generall Good and Benefit of this Nation. , London, 1637.
Roeslin, Eucharius,d.1526. The Byrth of Mankynde, Newly Translated Out of Laten into Englysshe. in the which is Entreated of all Suche Thynges the which Chaunce to Women in Theyr Labor, and all Suche Infyrmitees Whiche Happen Vnto the Infantes After they be Delyuered. and also at the Latter Ende Or in the Thyrde Or Last Boke is Entreated of the Conception of Mankynde, and Howe Manye Wayes it may be Letted Or Furtheryd, with Diuers Other Fruytefull Thynges, as Doth Appere in the Table before the Booke. , London, 1540.
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@HawkeyeBrooke 4 күн бұрын

At age 36 I had two uterine tumors with pre-cancerous cells the size of grapefruits, and I can confirm that you can feel the movement of your organs shifting accommodate them the same as they would for a baby. I remember before my hysterectomy wondering if Mary I had something like it, because the tumors grow with estrogen and I had a lot of symptoms that could’ve been mistaken for pregnancy. Unlike poor Mary, luckily for me in 2016 surgery was an option and I’m fine now.

@mellie4174 4 күн бұрын

Poor Mary!

@archervine8064 4 күн бұрын

That’d be another interesting historical ‘what if’ - what if Mary I was actually able to successfully give birth to a son? Or a daughter?

@mesamies123 4 күн бұрын

Glad you are well! ❤

@djholliday5132 4 күн бұрын

My mother suffered the sane with only 1 grapefruit size tumor. She went through absolute hell, so I can only imagine what you went through. I cannot fathom what women of the past endured without proper medical care & intervention. So many lost their lives due to what we, today, consider simple medical procedures. We are blessed with modern medicine thanks to science & women of the past.

@yensid4294 3 күн бұрын

Same (mine weren't cancerous) but I had several tumors & also an encysted ovary. I had been complaining of pain for decades but was told to just take double doses of midol or pamprin. I knew something was off but anytime I brought up hormones or peri menopause the doctors scoffed & never ordered an ultrasound. At age 42 I was told I needed a hysterectomy since my uterus was the size of a 2nd trimester pregnancy. They didn't even know about the lemon sized cyst until they were in there. I never got pregnant (took appropriate precaustions) & was told if I had (pretty unlikely) it would not have gone well. So glad I live in modern times.

@vlmellody51 4 күн бұрын

When I was about 3 years old, I asked my dad how you "get a baby." He looked at me and said, "Well, in your mother's case, all it takes is a warm smile and a hearty handshake."

@christyb2912 4 күн бұрын

I am amazed of tudor women like Catherine Carey who had 16 children, almost one every year, and survived !

@renastone9355 3 күн бұрын

My dad's mother had her first in 1901 or 1902 and her last (my dad) in 1920 - with 8 in-between. In my view, absolutely horrific. (They were very poor, moved around a lot, and often didn't live in homes with electricity or indoor plumbing). Thank goodness (and inventors) for contraception!

@janita7014 4 күн бұрын

Congratulations on your pregnancy!🤰🏻

@eshim3961 4 күн бұрын

Both children are so lucky to have such a brilliant, gentle and kind woman as a mom. I love how she 's taking on topics that have to do with her own pregnancy. Congratulations!

@crystallong9625 4 күн бұрын

Congrats on your 2nd baby on the way! May your pregnancy be easy, your labor short, recovery quick, and both of you healthy! 💙

@OzzieJayne 3 күн бұрын

My first mother in law told me, with great authority, that I had "child bearing hips and should have no problems at all." Murphy's Law stepped in and turned that baby so she arrived left FOOT first, I always blamed her for mozzing me 🤣The butterfly movements of the quickening, always made it real and was so reassuring.

@renastone9355 3 күн бұрын

LOL, I'm tall and sturdily built. Had my son at age 39 and my daughter at 42). My pregnancies, and deliveries were so easy that it was clear that I could have been popping them out every year or two with no problem. Thank goodness for modern contraception! Of course, the reverse can be true. My stepdaughter, who had her only child at 42, not only had a tough pregnancy with her blood pressure sky-rocketing, but also ended up immobile- whatever hormone it is that allows your pelvic bones to accommodate a birth went crazy in her case and loosened "all" of her joints- so by 7 months pregnancy, she needed a walker to walk. She didn't regain her ability to walk unaided until the baby was a month or two old. And yes, she needed a C-section.

@thiadesg 4 күн бұрын

The belief that orgasms were necessary for conception baffles me. On one hand, great for women if their husbands are putting in the work, but also horrific as an excuse for blaming S.A. victims who fell pregnant afterwards. 🍼

@charlotteillustration5778 3 күн бұрын

The quickening of my first baby felt like lots of fluttering butterflies - extraordinary and unexpected!

@tricorvus2673 4 күн бұрын

My poor mother (adoptive) suffered with no available help. “Barren” (one of my least favorite words) for 25 years of marriage. 1941-1966. Then they adopted because it was that or childlessness. It Royally (pun intended) ticks me off that Catherine of Aragon was called Barren. Especially in light of what the poor girl suffered. Maybe the word meant something different back then. Because she certainly “caught” pregnant- many times! She certainly prayed for a healthy boy! Then who gets the blame for something that was 100% out of her hands?! Poor Catherine. I’ll get off my soapbox now. Just needed to vent that. 👶🏻🤰🏻

@downtonviewer 3 күн бұрын

Vent! I often wondered how much the male doctors treatment may have contributed to the losses.

@jasperhorace7147 3 күн бұрын

Poor Catherine. She really had a miserable life over all. Sent away from her home, lost her first husband early, lived in poverty because her father-in-law didn’t want to return her dowry. Then some joy when the new King married her. However, her ‘failure’ to provide a healthy male heir just heaped more misery on her.

@renastone9355 3 күн бұрын

@@jasperhorace7147 Very ironic also considering that whether a baby is male or female is up to dad - not the mother. So Henry had no one but himself to blame for having daughters!

@CZPanthyr 4 күн бұрын

I remember, 49 years ago, pregnant with my first son, asking my mother (who had 4 of us, so was my go-to) what it felt like when the baby started moving. She said, "It feels like soap bubbles popping." And, a few days later, I felt that! It was so exciting!

@gaylesuggs8523 3 күн бұрын

I was told something similar by a friend who was pregnant at the same time (but ahead of me).

@SuzanneHarden 4 күн бұрын

I knew I was pregnant before I missed my period. The morning sickness came fast and hard. It also lasted the entire 9 months. Ugh…. My mother swore he would have red hair because I was so sick. She turned out to be spot on. He had a head full of red hair! He’s 33 now and his daughter has red hair, too! Congratulations on the baby!! 👶🍼

@georginaturner1237 4 күн бұрын

Sympathy for you with the sickness, I walked that path too but there was no red hair to show for it unfortunately! 😂

@SuzanneHarden 4 күн бұрын

@@georginaturner1237 It was a tough path to walk hence I only had 1.

@Elvertaw 3 күн бұрын

It’s a miracle anyone was born with all the restrictions that the church put on when, and how you could conceive. But then, this shows you how much lip service people showed to the church! Such pressure was put on women, especially high born women to produce errors. No wonder some of them invented the quickening out of whole cloth. But then the mind is a wonderful thing! Thanks for this video. More please!!

@morrigan908 3 күн бұрын

"... to produce errors" may be the best misuse of the English language I've ever seen in my career as a writer and editor. 😂😂😂

@Elvertaw 3 күн бұрын

@@morrigan908 thank you! I didn’t mean it that way, but I was using the dictation function and failed to proof my copy.😮 But on the rereading I think it works rather nicely 😊

@historybuff7491 4 күн бұрын

I think mid-wives had ways of confirming pregnancy that may or may not have been written down. I believe the quickening became the best marker for pregnancy because so many were lost in those early months. Quickening happens usually near the 5th month, well after those early months. My experiences, with quickening, were hieghten awareness. It seem like, each time, each baby was introducing themselves to me. 🤰🚼

@megremisfamily4music 4 күн бұрын

Congrats on your pregnancy, Dr Kat! Thanks for the very informative video too! 🍼👩‍🍼🫄👼

@anastasiabosakowski8651 4 күн бұрын

Such an interesting topic, and it leaves open the door to so many other topics like Confinement, the treatment of newborns, the use of wet nurses (and why the aristocracy eschewed breath feeding) and birth control in the Middle Ages. Thank you! 🐣

@OceanSwimmer 4 күн бұрын

It wasn't just the aristocracy that utilized Wet Nurses. Here in the States, Mark Twain's children had Wet Nurses.

@larawylie6479 4 күн бұрын

Thank you for the very interesting video! I’m currently in the midst of an IVF cycle and every single step of conception is so meticulously planned, scheduled and tracked. It seems crazy that the women of the past had so little knowledge to cling to when trying to conceive. Best wishes and congratulations on your pregnancy Dr Kat, and if anyone reads this comment please send me good vibes for my IVF 🙏🤞🥰

@downtonviewer 3 күн бұрын

Good vibes to you!

@user-yi7mg5ig6l 3 күн бұрын

Remember as little as 44 years ago, when I had my last baby, Ultrasound scans were not available! I could only wonder when I would feel by baby move and what it would feel like. My, then husband’s grandma was such a good friend and told me she thought that early movement was how she imagined Butterflies trying to get out would feel! Knowing the sex of your child was unheard of!

@aimeemorgado8715 4 күн бұрын

Greetings from Colorado Springs USA! Ready for more Dr. Kat and enlightening content. Much love to everyone.

@Sattva468 4 күн бұрын

Colorado here too! xo

@TIFFANYDlAS 4 күн бұрын

I feel your pain! The first meal after I gave birth to my son- literally in the hospital bed- was sushi 😂 I missed that more than anything. But we do whatever we can for our children. I wish you a safe pregnancy 🤰

@projectrainbowscamp1996 4 күн бұрын

Thanks for the trip down memory lane. For all too long I took my basal temp. and tracked everything like you described. Thanks to modern medicine and an amazing doctor in Ontario, we have two beautiful sons.

@Myke_OBrien 4 күн бұрын

A fascinating presentation as always. Brava! With all those restrictions, it’s amazing anyone conceived. Poor Henry VIII: absolutely no clue that he determined the sex of his children. 🤰

@angelahixson2178 4 күн бұрын

Fascinating topic. I would love to see it continue into discussions of menopause, though I know it wasn't much discussed in the past. Congrats on you pregnancy, I hope you and baby continue to be healthy.

@Anna-B 4 күн бұрын

I just found this channel a few weeks ago, and I’m really loving it! 💖👩‍🍼

@downtonviewer 3 күн бұрын

Dr. Kat is a wonderful teacher and this is a great community of intelligent people! Welcome! Another channel that is sort of similar is "History Calling" (not a paid promotion😄).

@jasperhorace7147 3 күн бұрын

Lucky you. It will be ages before you’ve caught up on all Dr Kat’s wonderful videos. Enjoy and indulge.

@dotmurphy7279 4 күн бұрын

It would surprise the heck out of me if couples adhered to these days of abstinence, knowing how males are.

@erinnh3203 4 күн бұрын

I am loving how with your first baby you announced it as a project you had been working on - such a surprise, and this time you’re really leaning into it. Wishing you the best!!

@christinayoung3293 4 күн бұрын

Me watching this while making a charcuterie board 😅 All the best during your pregnancy 💚

@laurashannon1177 2 күн бұрын

I remember with my first baby, I gave up chocolate during my pregnancy because of the caffeine in it. While I was in the hospital having my daughter, my best friend filled all the candy dishes in my house with my favorite chocolates for when I came home.😊

@Morcyo 9 сағат бұрын

As a 31 year old woman in the beginning stages of trying to conceive, this video is so well timed! I love your channel, I hope you're comfortable for the rest of your pregnancy and hoping for a happy, healthy babe! 👶🏼

@jewelse1975 Күн бұрын

I certainly did not feel pregnant during my pregnancy! I was not sick at all, and it only became real when my tummy grew and I felt him move. Thanks so much for this series!

@ModernNinja210 4 күн бұрын

🤰🏻👶🏻🚼🍼 I feel so bad for all the pressure that has been put on women in history, and all the blame, that has come from a lack of knowledge of the role that each partner plays in health and gender of babies

@pennyatkinson5740 4 күн бұрын

Thanks Dr Kat.I loved how you had a little smirk at Beans being thought an aphrodisiac - a male excuse perhaps - perhaps the wind it created meant he was very fertile?😂😂. You are blooming! I hope you feel as well as you look? Best wishes

@donnalayton6876 3 күн бұрын

My daughter never moved. In fact I kept telling the Dr I was carrying a dead fetus and to please take it. He would let me listen to her heartbeat. I would say it is my heartbeat. I was sure the baby was dead. Dr said he had never had a baby that did not move. If she did I and no one else felt it. She was born healthy, and has never stopped moving since her birth.

@karendooks6244 4 күн бұрын

I did find that it was hard to hope that I was pregnant until the doctor could tell me they could hear a heartbeat. It was only with my third pregnancy that i was able to see my baby with a scan as they had just become available.

@Feline_Frenzy53 4 күн бұрын

Kat, When I felt my baby move for the first time, I was beside myself. There is no feeling like it in the world. I'm sure you know this feeling. He is 49 now, lol and I still recall the feeling clearly!!

@renater.540 4 күн бұрын

Agree, it is an undescribable experience. But as always there are the pros and the cons: during the last weeks of pregnancy my son was so lively that his movements really hurt and stopped me in my activity. I used to say: "This boy will be born either with skies or with soccer boots". Turned out he came with ballet slippers...😉 He must have tried his first fouettés within my womb - since he had a knot in his umbilical cord.

@dawnmuse6481 3 күн бұрын

Oh Dr. Kat! You are honoring our USA Independence Day with your darling shirt! Thank you! You’re such a sweetie!🎆

@bunnyvalentinehistory 4 күн бұрын

Great video, love watching you every Friday 🤰👶🏼🤱

@kristir.6684 4 күн бұрын

I could smell the change in my urine with every pregnancy. I actually smelled it on the last one a day before it was detectable via the at-home pregnancy test (I was so confused because I KNEW from the smell that I was pregnant. I realized the next day I was just more sensitive than the test). I can totally believe that some people could tell based on urine.

@stephaniecowans3646 4 күн бұрын

First off: Congratulations to you, Dr.Kat and to your family! All my best wishes for a healthy, safe pregnancy and delivery (and here's hoping that your son will take well to being a big brother!). I remember being told by a doctor that prior to my weekly scan (not the ultrasound, it was the other scan, wear I had to have a belt attached to me and watching a print out -- can't remember what it's called), to eat a big breakfast as that would make the baby be really active and would help. I remember feeling like John Hurd in "Alien" watching my son push against my belly and wondering if he was going to push through my abdomen, it was THAT vigorous (he must have really liked my eggs, sausage, toast and orange juice that I had eaten!). Yeah, I didn't feel any "quickening" until after the 20th week.

@gonefishing167 Күн бұрын

Hi Dr Kat, hope you’re keeping well. No ultrasound sounds when I was having children but, with the firsts, thought I had a horrendous flu that wouldn’t go away! Know now it was what the princess of Wales had. I was talking to the old lady next door ( I could see over her back fence as we were higher up) and I said - ever so politely - oh dear, Mrs Mitchell, I’m going to faint ( which I did). She told me later that the babies had quickened. With the next baby I knew I was pregnant 🤰at 3 days! Long story of why but I was right. I remember watching movies when younger and someone would go to the dr for a test and they’d say ‘ the rabbit died’ ( meaning you were pregnant. ). Oh, how that haunted me. I didn’t want any rabbits being killed for me!!!! Times change and we learn more. Sometimes good, sometimes - not so sure. Keep well. I have the notification bell on etc but sometimes I just have to go looking for you. Darn you tube 🤰🤰🤰👩‍🍼👩‍🍼👩‍🍼👼👼👼🙏🙏🙏👵🇦🇺

@Calla-sl8gd 4 күн бұрын

Hi Dr. Kat! Good video as always. I would suggest the article "Does Urine Cause Rust?", which was written by Evan Cooper and updated in early 2022. As Mr. Cooper says, "Urine can cause rust since it contains water and ammonia which is acidic in nature." Not just pregnant urine, all urine, even dog and cat urine. As a result, depending on the metal used to make the needle, the dunk-it-in-the-urine way of determining pregnancy is hogwash. Since noble metals like gold, silver and platinum don't rust, a gold needle will tell you nothing, but a lead needle will rust. Hope this helps!

@lmccarty2201 3 күн бұрын

😢😭😬🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢 me 30yrs ago before the kid . Stayed sick and crying during the whole pregnancy! 9months of wanting to see my hubby just as sick and in pain as me! But of course he was not and even took the best care of me. I am so lucky to have him. Our kid is just fine now grown up. Blessings

@minombreesminombre4878 3 күн бұрын

Congratulations on your little ones and best wishes for a safe pregnancy and delivery! I’m so glad you are making this series! During my own pregnancies I wondered a lot how things were for women of the past, especially since things like ultrasounds were uncommon even a generation ago. I had two complicated twin pregnancies in a row, so I had lots of monitoring. Thankfully, all 4 of my babies are safe and healthy. We received a lot of dedicated care. I’d love to know more about multiple pregnancies and births in the past! 🍼🍼🍼🍼

@aleyhr Күн бұрын

With my first they feared it may be ectopic so I had an early ultrasound (internal, what fun). But it certainly made it real from the very beginning ❤

@bobbyd.1890 4 күн бұрын

Good luck with the pregnancy!

@R08Tam 4 күн бұрын

So 400 years ago celibate priests were telling women what to do with their bodies. Plus cá change.

@renastone9355 3 күн бұрын

Yep. Although nowadays in the US, non-celibate (presumably) Catholics on the Supreme Court are telling women what to do. As you say...

@HazelAnnie 4 күн бұрын

Thank you again for a great video! I am 25 weeks pregnant and only been feeling my baby moving from week 23. Have seen my baby 3 times before I felt her, it really didn't feel really until those little kicks started. Just can"t imagine what the whole pregnancy experience must have felt like in the Tudor times? I am anxious and scared now, must have been very scary back then!

@Morna777 2 күн бұрын

It's really interesting how far certain medical knowledge goes back. Proper diet for the mother/pregnant person is something we've known for centuries.

@--enyo-- 3 күн бұрын

I vaguely remember Dr Kat doing a video on contraception a while back. I feel it would fit in this series. Could it be added into the playlist as well?

@joykoski7111 4 күн бұрын

I remember observing on The Great they used urinating on wheat shafts as a pregnancy indentifier. Apparently if the woman was pregnant the wheat would sprout. Considering the source, I am not confident this was true (we all know how accurate The Great was. Huzzah!) but it does sound at least plausible 👶🌾

@aShadeBolder 4 күн бұрын

so, you talked about Catherine of Aragon's religious practises, and how the pope told her she needed Henry's permission to fast. I had a completely different emotional response to that. I respect that, for you, "across the centuries, pregnancy comes with extra nutrition rules" is the obvious conclusion, and I can see that it is an accurate statement. I was horrified. her husband had the "right" to ban her from religious practices if he thinks it's bad for the baby, even if they don't believe she's pregnant yet. best case scenario, she understands it as "I have the pope's blessing to skip fasting, so eating on fast days is safe for my soul". but did she trust the pope's word on that? and if not, if she saw eating on fast days as endangering her soul, what then? if she refuses, could he force feed her? lock her up? you're choosing to eat the horse pill sized multivitamins and not eat the high risk foods or drink alcohol. your doctors can advise, your husband can have opinions, but if ultimately you decided to go against your doctor's advice or your husband's preferences, you'd be able to do it. and to me, the right for people who understand the risks to make "bad" choices if they want to is important. (for context: I would make the best choices I could if I was pregnant, but I have a disability that makes a lot of medical interventions difficult or impossible. there have been a lot of situations in my life where I've been well aware of the "good" choice, done everything I could to manage that and ultimately been forced into the "bad" choice. and oh, the judgement! oh, the patronising simplification of the language around the risks & benefits! but as much judgement as I get, actually being forced would be so much worse) (please be gentle if you respond.)

@gaylesuggs8523 3 күн бұрын

I understand and agree with you - the informed choice is the mother's choice (or should be). I am so sorry for the issues you have had and the misplaced judgment you have faced from others. Obviously, those folks aren't "walking a mile in your shoes" or they would keep their thoughts to themselves. Blessings.

@LadybugPrinzess 4 күн бұрын

Congratulations on your lil babe❤

@mariahamilton5305 4 күн бұрын

I still remember the excitement of seeing and feeling my niece's foot through my sister's belly!!

@detectivety1866 4 күн бұрын

As always, a fantastic video! ❤

@Kbaltrush 2 күн бұрын

I adore this series! 🤰🏻I love placing this in context, especially living as a mother of a young girl child myself in the United States, where the state (and perhaps indirectly, “the church”) is reasserting a level of authority over pregnancy and conception.

@Lady_dromeda Күн бұрын

When I got pregnant, I didn't know for almost three months. It was August when conception (accidentally) happened, and September when a whole lot of stressful things happened that had me thinking it was why no periods had happened. I was about to perform in a musical (funnily enough as an ensemble nun in Sister Act, lol) I was starting my first year in my college's textile design program, and even more stressful was that my dad was in the hospital having quintuple bypass heart surgery (which is the only reason he is still with us) needless to say I was shocked. I had no morning sickness to lip me off about it.

@Rachelpinter 4 күн бұрын

Congratulations on your little bundle of joy!

@mskellycareless 4 күн бұрын

👶👶👶Congrats on the new baby!

@PandaBear62573 3 күн бұрын

Congratulations on your pregnancy.👶

@scarletohhaha6938 4 күн бұрын

Missed the premiere sadly but rewatching now 😊

@annexxfu 2 күн бұрын

Congratulations on your pregnancy, Dr. Kat. Not eating sushi for the duration is true sacrifice! It's scary to imagine for me at least, being pregnant back then when we know they knew next to nothing, but of course, they did not know that. The story of Mary's false pregnancy is really heartbreaking.

@maryloumawson6006 3 күн бұрын

Well done Dr. Kat! I have ALWAYS wondered if Catherine of Aragon was counseled against spending hours on her knees, fasting, making pilgrimages, eating certain foods etc. to safeguard her pregnancies, or help promote conception. Or was she encouraged to do these things that might ultimately prove detrimental, in the vain hope that God would bless her with a healthy child for her sacrifice. And now here we have it, from the pope himself, that she must NOT cultivate piety in this way, and that she must take care of herself and that her husband must command her to do so. I'm glad because I like Catherine, and I hated to think she did some of these things hoping to please God, and therefore conceive, when the opposite might have been true. Also, I just want to mention that while beans may be an aphrodisiac for men, they certainly have the opposite effect on their partners, IMHO ;-)

@gaylesuggs8523 3 күн бұрын

👶Another wonderful video - thanks Dr. Kat. I had never thought about the fact that these poor folks would have been all concerned about those humors as they pertained to pregnancy. Poor dears. Hope you continue to do well on your own pregnancy journey.

@user-bw4lm8ee2m 4 күн бұрын

Hi Kat, Congratulations. For many women though couldn't morning sickness have been a first sign?

@loiskondo8349 2 күн бұрын

How scary it most have been back then, wondering but not sure if you were pregnant. If you were you still had to hope you lived through the delivery. We are so fortunate now! Congratulations on your pregnancy, I hope you feel well. Congratulations to the big brother as well, is he excited?😊

@spews1973 4 күн бұрын

Thanks for another great video, Dr. Kat. I'll have to binge watch the ones I've missed, especially since you have covered some content I asked to see in comments and live chat in the past.

@Mej111 3 күн бұрын

Congratulations on your pregnancy! Praying that the process is smooth and as pleasant as is possible ♥️

@lynnekern3998 4 күн бұрын

I found that two to three weeks after missing my period, I'd start with morning sickness, 24/7. It was horrible and would last until my 2nd trimester. I wonder how many women were/are affected by this since it's definitely a sign of pregnancy.

@noniesundstrom119 2 күн бұрын

I’m sure there was a world of difference for the common folks. No worries about producing heirs or what the mother ate. Just working hard and trying to survive while raising children in harsh conditions

@Ellie-Mae 4 күн бұрын

Fantastic channel! 🇨🇦

@elainealibrandi6364 4 күн бұрын

I absolutely love your videos. I read a lot of history, and your videos complement the books I read and give me a wider, woman's perspective. By the way, I'm sure you know: Christine de Pisan talks at length about the humors in "The Book of the City of Ladies."

@user-wc1oq1tf7u 3 күн бұрын

You are amazing! I looked thru your content for something about how the regular citizens survived during Tudor England when religeous persecutions regularly switched to and fro in regards to Catholicism. I was unable to locate one. Thanks!

@VersieKilgannon 4 күн бұрын

This is probably a stupid question. But how did anyone come to the conclusion that women were under-formed men? What exactly was their understanding of how humans make other humans if women are just men who didn't fully form as such in the womb? I could be misunderstanding what you said. And for that, I apologize. I'm just trying to wrap my head around the concept 😅

@kathrynbiglin3124 4 күн бұрын

I had the same thought! They knew babies came from women, so....if men were the fully formed version of humans (with fewer/no women around), how would they have expected to have any heirs??

@deek3183 4 күн бұрын

Just an extension of misogyny and seeing females as lesser than males.

@melissaarellano5177 4 күн бұрын

I heard somewhere else that they thought the female reproductive tract (not gonna say the word since yt will flag it) was just an inverted 🍆, that may have served to further encourage the "women are just underdeveloped men" theory. Though if they were Christians it says clearly in the Bible that Eve (women) was made by God to be the partner of Adam (men), he made women the way he wanted them to be from the beginning and he's supposed to be a perfect being that doesn't make mistakes so...tell me how these dudes thought women were not fully formed 🤦🏽‍♀. If they had somehow been able to come up with a way to "perfect" the female form into the "proper" and "superior" male form then how were more men supposed to be born? Who would care for the home,etc, since that wasn't men's work? 🤷🏽‍♀

@angstymedusa 4 күн бұрын

Always fascinating thank you! And congratulations on your pregnancy! ❤

@prophetessoftroy 3 күн бұрын

I meant to note it in the last video, but congratulations to you, Mr. Kat, and your son on your new family member! Loving this series, and especially the context surrounding the science as well the cultural aspects. Perhaps midwifery next? Or the idea of confinement? Looking forward to it, as ever!

@dottiewi661 2 сағат бұрын

🤰🏻all the best wishes for you through pregnancy and birth!

@gr8flyerfan 4 күн бұрын

I am loving this series! 🤰👶❤

@cherylholasek2193 3 күн бұрын

💗😊congratulations on your new baby to come. Love your videos 😊

@AprilBird4 4 күн бұрын

I already knew about the limited days of the year the church allowed for trying to conceive, but it still made me laugh to hear the numbers! "Be fruitful & multiple (but only on the 2nd Tues of the week)!!!😂

@billy.lord.artist 4 күн бұрын

🚼 i went searching for a stork. No luck. The only baby related emoji I could find was the sign for Changing Station. 🎉 congratulations btw. 🎉

@danielsantiagourtado3430 5 күн бұрын

Love your content! Thanks For this! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@Jo-pp7yj 4 күн бұрын

🐣🐣🐣 Fascinating!

@cindygrubbs5856 4 күн бұрын

Thank you, Dr Kat! ❤

@marinaannlunamswlisw3709 4 күн бұрын

This is wonderful to know :)

@MorriganWarrioress 3 күн бұрын

Congrats, Dr.Kat!

@rachelsheffler3947 9 сағат бұрын

Congratulations, and thank you for another great video! 🎉❤😊

@lauramcphee3324 9 сағат бұрын

Thank you! 👼🏼

@jessiebrown6084 3 күн бұрын

Congratulations on your pregnancy!

@chanawekser3883 4 күн бұрын

🤰Nice episode!

@jodydickinson3381 3 күн бұрын

Congratulations to you! I’m sure you’re an amazing mother, just as your videos are amazing!

@lauramason5667 2 күн бұрын

Excellent talk; as usual! ❤

@poutinedream5066 4 күн бұрын

Ive given birth twice and i still dont know how it works! The look on my ob/gyn's face when i thought the baby's umbilical cord went to the back of my belly button 😂

@aShadeBolder 4 күн бұрын

I used to think that! it seemed so logical, plugged in, belly button to belly button, one at each end...

@poutinedream5066 4 күн бұрын

@@aShadeBolder 🙆🏽‍♀️ Thank you! Please tell my mom there is nothing wrong with my cognitive function 🤣

@grtlyblesd 4 күн бұрын

I do think in the early days, one can convince themselves they’re feeling movement when it’s something else. We had a second trimester loss many years ago.

@kaloarepo288 4 күн бұрын

I was amazed to find out not that long ago that a woman can have twins to 2 different fathers -at the one birth I'm talking about -but how about with triplets and 3 fathers and et cetera? -but she would have had to have been a pretty busy woman!

@cynthiafailor3962 4 күн бұрын

Fantastic video 🎉

@KathleenStidham 4 күн бұрын

😊very interesting!

@prettypic444 4 күн бұрын

Congratulation on Dr. Kat Jr. the second! I hope you enjoy your grand feast after they come! 🎉👶 God, imagine having such a bad sex life that the freaking *pope* has to step in. Though that never seems to work out! I always think of Queen Eleanor and her first marriage to Louis where instead of giving them a divorce, the pope initially gave them a bed and told them to have a son… obviously that didn’t work! 🤦‍♀️ I always found it ironic that women were considered “weak and inferior” in humor theory when we now know with modern medicine and genetics that female are much more resilient and less likely to have genetic problems. Of course, many of these texts were more concerned with reinforcing the social order than actual scientific accuracy…