In a message dated 2/10/2006 9:30:58 PM Central Standard Time, lilliebelle3@yahoo.com writes: HI all, Found this article about death in childbirth, thought it was interesting and decided to share. Probably 1-5 children also did not live to see 5 years old between the 17th and 18th century. Makes you wonder, if we could add to our family trees, more so when there is such a space in between births. Here is the URL: www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/historyonline/childbirth.cfm - 25k Thankyou. It helped me to understand the death of my grandmother so soon after the stillbirth of her last child in 1917. I thought things had gotten better sooner. It also makes me grateful that we don't have all those spaces between births in our families. I had read before that income had alot to do with the infancy death rates and this confirms it, which helps me to understand that I lucked out and come from a long line of good providers. Annie in Minnesota

Hi Annie, Low income was not always a factor. As a matter of fact the wealthy and elite Europeans did use Doctors in the 1700`s-1800`s to assist in childbirth and often times the mother died. They died at the same rate as a Doctor assisted birth or a midwife assisted birth. The reason was handwashing and hygiene. Doctors did not have "a grip" on the importance of hand washing and hygiene until the late 1800`s. They would go to a morgue, work on a dead body, not wash their hands and then go deliver a baby. Or operate and not wash hands etc... Infection was usually the killer. Teresa Stuart de Rios --- Hcounter@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 2/10/2006 9:30:58 PM Central > Standard Time, > lilliebelle3@yahoo.com writes: > >> > > >. I had read before > that income had alot to do > with the infancy death rates and this confirms it, > which helps me to > understand that I lucked out and come from a long > line of good providers. > > Annie in Minnesota > > > ==== STEWART Mailing List ==== > When was the last time you updated your anti-virus > program? > Keep your fellow listmembers safe -- make sure your > anti-virus program > is on, active and up to date! The data you save may > be your own. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com