Index

A

accoucheur, 4–5, 8–10, 30, 34–7, 89–91, 110, 117

Aitken, John, 19

affect, 51–4, 119, 160–1, 195

ageing, 142–5

alcohol, 37, 92, 108, 116

attachment

emotional, 62, 124, 130, 133, 145–7

maternal, 17, 79, 116

aunt, 141–2, 153–9

authority, 35–6, 140, 148, 197

B

Bateman, Rebekah, 24, 26, 32, 40–1, 47, 96, 108, 119, 134, 141, 154

Bateman, Thomas, 119, 134–5

Bateman, William, 25

bed, 29, 37–8, 65–8, 70–1, 73–5, 124, 137, 182–4

brought to, 21, 26, 40–2, 46–7

curtains, 65, 70

linen, 6, 8, 58–63. 66–7, 147–8, 185–6, 189

birth, see delivery

birth attendants, 30, 35–8, 55, 69, 73, 79, 85–9, 92, 116, 125, 170–2, 196

birth family, 119–124

birthing,

chamber, 11–12, 18, 40, 51–5, 64–5, 68, 73–5, 85–7, 132, 148–9, 151–2, 164, 174–5, 194–9

stool/chair, 29

body,

attitudes towards, 4–5, 13–15, 197

birthing, 10–11, 15–16, 20, 23, 26, 39, 49, 55, 104, 106, 194–6

clothing, 56–64

infant, 22, 176, 179, 180–4, 186–8

understandings of, 5–7, 16–17, 82–3

borrowing, 8, 51, 53, 58–9, 62–3, 186, 189, 197–8

boundaries,

bodily, 38, 91–2

community, 3, 111–2, 163–5, 173, 176–7, 186–8, 190–1

Bracken, Henry, 30, 34, 90, 104

breast, 33–4, 96, 157, 181

feeding, 16, 47, 89–90, 93–9, 116, 134

milk, 89, 93, 97–8, 103–4, 108–10, 132, 134, 181

pain, 33, 99–103, 117, 134

Buchan, William, 6

burial, 115, 133, 146, 183–4

C

Cadogan, William, 91–2, 94, 106, 108

caudle, 1, 69, 73, 79, 84–9, 91

charity, 61–2, 169–70

childbed, see bed, brought to

childcare, 75, 104, 134–5, 154, 195

churching, 39, 128, 173–5

Clayton, Hannah, 183–4

cleaning,

bed-linens, 63, 66, 68–9, 182,

bodies, 37, 89, 91–2, 100, 106

clothes, 60

clothing, 11, 51–2, 56–60, 62–4

colic, 109, 113, 182

colostrum, 90

comfits, 113

conception, 18–21

confinement, 25–8, 43, 48, 54, 58, 74–5, 155–6, 158

Counsell, George, 9

cradle, 37, 53, 60, 69–72, 115, 147–8

cravings, 20, 22

Curchin, Sophia, 27, 67, 137

Curzon, Sophia, 18, 23

D

death,

infant, 31, 70, 90, 97, 103, 173–4, 178–9, 182–4

maternal, 24–5, 31, 39, 76, 125, 131–3, 106–7

rituals, 115, 130, 166

delivery,

difficult, 29–31, 107

natural, see physiological

physiological, 2, 16–7, 32–40, 42–4, 65, 68–9, 76, 84–5, 106–7, 128–9, 144, 147, 153, 156–8, 172, 175–6, 185

Dentdale Shout, 172–3

deposition, 63, 167–8, 181–3

Deventer, van, Hendrik, 19

diet, 6, 103–10, 113–16

digestion, 83, 103–5, 108

discomfort, 14, 24, 31, 58, 83, 102–3, 132–3

disruption,

bodily, 157

domestic, 75, 195

hormonal, 55

drink, see alcohol, caudle

duty,

familial, 122, 145, 153–4

maternal, 93–4, 98–9, 109, 135, 156

neighbourly, 41, 84, 111, 114, 163–4, 169–170, 173, 177, 190

paternal, 125, 128–9, 136

dynasty, 143, 147–8

E

embodiment, 13–15, 23–4, 48–9, 51–2, 54, 56, 77, 149, 150–1, 157, 161, 196–7

emplacement, 52–3

environment,

affective, 51, 119, 160, 195

domestic, 51, 139, 147

emotional, 119, 128, 138, 149, 152

friendly, 174

hostile, 185

physical, 6, 11, 17–18, 34, 40, 51–5, 66–7, 70, 77, 196–8

exclusion, 3, 12, 20–1, 76, 87, 131, 138, 147, 165, 168, 177, 180, 185

F

family, 2, 22–3, 30, 41, 44, 51, 58, 62, 75, 114, 116, 119–123, 126–8, 130–1, 136, 144–5, 154, 159–60, 195–6

fatherhood, 120, 124–138, 178, 182

fear, 7, 16, 24–5, 36, 70, 107, 115, 128, 138–9, 150, 153, 156

femininity, 56, 106–7, 139

fever, 7, 93, 103–5, 145

fire, 18, 25, 69, 84, 100

First Cry, 172–3,

flux, 5, 82, 87–8, 106–7

folklore, 71, 80–1, 111–2, 166, 168, 172–6

Foundling Hospital, London, 43, 91

food, 6, 11, 22, 40, 79–84, 103–9, 111, 115–16, 172–5, 196, see also diet

forceps, 35–6, see also instruments

G

Gibson, John, 35, 37,

gifting, 62, 67, 83, 114–5, 137, 148–9, 163, 175–7, 193

giving thanks, 39, 97–8, 128–9, 132–3, 149–50, 152, 155, 157, 159

Gordon, George, 7

gossip, 71, 73–4, 86, 135, 167–8, 170–3

gossips, god–sibs, 5, 49, 55, 65, 73–4, 85–6, 114, 124, 176

grandparents,

grandmother, 13, 62, 93, 97, 138, 141–52, 154

grief, 47, 133, see also death

gripe, 105, 109, 113, 132, 157

groaning, 15, 28–9, 31, 33, 85

groaning, cake and/or cheese, 111–14

H

hair, 72, 143, 151, 157–8

Hamilton, Alexander, 20, 40, 60, 67, 70, 72, 83, 107, 204

Harrold, Sarah, 27–8, 65, 75–6, 131–4, 136

health,

emotional, 26–7, 38, 46–8, 98–9, 155, 157

infant, 46, 83, 93–4, 97, 110, 142, 149, 155

physical, 5–6, 18, 27, 38–9, 44, 46–8, 76, 81–3, 96–9, 105–6, 110, 133–5, 141

spiritual, 76, 134–5

Hey, William, 29–31, 36, 45, 68, 107, 197

Heywood, George, 25–6, 29, 31, 33, 125,

Heywood, Oliver, 129

Hollingworth, Nanny, 21

hormones, 15–18, 55

hospitality, 11, 76, 83–5, 111, 116, 164, 173–5

household, 3, 7, 25, 28, 46–7, 52–3, 64–5, 73–5, 79–80, 84, 112, 114–15, 119–21, 124–7, 129–30, 138, 146, 152–3, 159– 61, 168, 195–8

humours, 5–6, 11, 18, 45, 49, 72, 81–3, 99, 106–7, 109–10, 115, 157, 195

husband, 11, 90, 94, 96, 112, 124–38, 148–9, 160

I

illegitimacy, 43, 122, 166, 168, 170–1, 174–5, 180, 186, 188

Ingleson, Mary, 182–5

Ingram, Frances, 21, 23–4, 28, 34, 42–4, 47–8, 59–63, 72–4, 102, 140, 142–3, 147–8

infant–feeding, 46, 89–104

infanticide, 27, 33, 63–4, 125, 167–9, 178, 180–5

infection, 30, 38, 40, 46, 100, 171

infirmity, 46, 132, 142, 144–5

injury, 35–6, 45–6, 122, 136, 144, 146, 197

instruments, 35–7, 71, see also forceps

J

Jackson, Mary, 184–7

K

knowledge,

reproductive, 18–22, 41, 45, 53, 77, 80, 86–8, 93, 138, 146, 155

social, 11, 40, 104, 111, 116–17, 164–5, 168, 170–6, 177–89

tacit, 35–6, 51, 53, 55, 152

L

labouring, 2, 16–17, 27–34, 36–7, 44, 64–5, 68–9, 75–6, 84–7, 125, 131–2, 137, 141, 149–50, 167–8, 182–3, 186, 196

letters, letter–writing 9, 15, 32, 41–2, 136–7, 150–2

linen, 37, 53, 60–8, 163, 184, 186, 197–8, see also bed linen

lochia, 44–6, 106–7

love,

familial, 90, 120–3, 154–5, 160

maternal, 56, 63, 98–9, 103, 109, 138–140

neighbourly, 169–70

lying–in, 2, 38–48, 60, 65, 73, 75–6, 86, 98, 102, 104, 108, 112–13, 132–3, 136–7, 148, 150–1, 174–5, 180

Lying–In Hospital, 5, 10,

M

man–midwife, see accoucheur

marriage, 22, 24, 42, 47–8, 65–7, 89, 94, 96, 124, 130, 135, 140, 154, 164

materiality, 14, 54, 77, 151

maternal,

attachment, see attachment, maternal

imagination, 22

love, see love, maternal

sacrifice, 23, 56, 79, 93, 98

medicine, 6, 81–3, 88–9, 100–1, 104, 107, 109–10, 196–7

memory 150–1, 166, 173, 176, 179–80, 182–4, 190–1, 195, 198

menstruation, 45, 82

midwife, 3, 5, 34–5, 55, 63, 69, 76, 89, 102, 124–5, 170, 172, 183, 187, 196–7

midwifery, 2–3, 9–10, 29–30, 35, 109, 116–17

moisture, 37, 67, 72, 82–3, 109

mood, 26, 54, 156–7, 186

mortality

maternal, 24

infant, 90, 96

N

neighbour, 2–3, 7–8, 11–12, 22–3, 40, 42, 51, 58, 62, 67, 76, 84, 89, 93, 111–14, 163–8, 176–8, 181, 185, 187

neighbourhood, 3, 11–12, 51, 84, 112, 114, 116, 163–4, 166, 168–9, 171–3, 176–7, 195, 198

neighbourliness, 3, 12, 168–73, 185, 190, 198–9

nipples, 93, 98

non–naturals, 6–7, 47, 83, 89, 104, 110

Northern Circuit Assize Court, 166–8, 178

notebooks, personal 80, 130

nurse,

infant, 33, 42, 74, 89, 94, 96, 98–9, 108, 114, 132–3, 147, 175

monthly, 33, 75, 102, 104, 145

O

observation, see surveillance

obstetrics, 8, 10, 13, 19, 87, 115, 117, 194–5

Okeover, Elizabeth, 87–8, 99–101

overlaying, 70

P

pain, 14, 31–3, 99–100, 102–3, 109, 117, 132, 150

parish, 24, 104, 126, 136–7, 164–7, 176–7, 190, 196

Parker, Elizabeth, 1, 23–4, 26, 74

pauperism, 25, 49, 67, 136–7

physicality, 13, 15, 23, 33

poverty, 67, 122, 136–7, 144–5, 190

prayer, 125–9, 133, 161, 169

pregnancy,

early, 18–24

later, 23–7, 38, 41, 56–8

portraits, 51–2

Q

quickening, 22–4

R

Rainbow, Elizabeth, 178–9

Ramsden, Betsy, 1, 22, 24, 26, 28, 33, 42, 46, 65, 79, 84, 86, 88, 97–8, 108, 135–7, 153

Ranelagh, Katherine, 80, 100

recipe, 79–80, 87–8, 99–103, 109–10, 113, 116–17, 130, 157, 170

reciprocity, 84, 114, 172–3, 177, 185–6

recovery, 2, 39, 43–4, 47–8, 76, 79, 83, 97, 104, 106, 116, 179–80

regimen, 5–7, 83

regulation, 8, 40, 47, 148, 164, 170, 180, 190

repurposing, 51, 56, 73

rest, 6, 38–39, 41–3, 46, 83, 155, see also recovery, lying–in

ritual, 3, 11, 53, 84, 89, 116, 166, 173, 175–7, 190, 194

S

salt, 71, 100, 108, 114–5, 176

Scrimshire, Jane, 10, 23–4, 32, 41, 46, 97–8

searching, 184, 188

sensation, 14–5, 23–4, 27–9, 32–3, 45, 128, 138–9, 156, 193–4

Shackleton, Elizabeth, 1, 13, 22–5, 28, 32, 39, 41–2, 46, 72, 74, 79, 85–6, 97–8, 108, 130, 135–6, 140–1, 144, 149, 159

Sharp, Jane, 22

shifts, 22, 59–60, 62–4

siblings, 96, 121, 153–9

sister, 20, 47–8, 70, 85, 96, 98, 119, 153–9, 195

size,

of infant, 13, 32

of mother, 1, 23–4, 26–7, 33, 56, 155

sleep, 6, 30, 54, 66, 70–1, 74–6, 131–3, 147, 150, 152, 157

Smellie, William, 19, 20, 34–5, 40–1, 60, 67, 87, 90, 103, 105, 107

sociability, 9, 12, 39–40, 42, 60, 73–4, 85–6, 168, 171–7

space,

bounded, 55

domestic, 2, 47, 51–4, 64–5, 68, 74–7, 195–6

Staniforth, Susannah, 186, 188–9

stays, 11, 38 56–8, 72

Stephen, Margaret, 20, 60, 103, 105

Stephenson, Susannah, 186–7

Stewart, Susan, 21, 28, 42, 44, 47, 140, 143

stillborn, 28, 167, 182–4

Stone, Sarah, 29–31

stranger, 1, 72, 76, 150, 156, 164, 180, 187

straw, 38, 40, 68, 72, 152

surveillance, 22, 36–7, 164, 170–1, 173, 177, 179–80, 185, 188, 198

swaddling, 38, 60, 64, 68, 72, 91–2, 183

sympathy, 137, 140, 178–9, 183

T

textiles, 58, 62, 65–7, 72–3, 148

Thornton, Alice, 146, 153

Thorpe, Mary, 43, 63–4, 76, 173–5, 186

touch, 23–4, 29, 45, 80

transience, 11–12, 51–2, 77, 120–1, 195–6

travail, see labour

trust, 11, 24, 84, 88–9, 91, 102, 104, 111, 116–17, 119, 123, 138, 146–7, 158–60, 177–8, 195

U

unmarried, 20–1, 40–1, 86, 112, 153–4, 198

upsitting, 44

V

vagina, 33, 36, 44–5, 107

visiting, 1, 3, 26, 40–2, 58, 60, 74–6, 85–6, 89, 110, 112–4, 116, 129, 149–50, 158, 163–4, 172–3, 175–7, 187, 193

W

Ward, Isabell, 180–4

Wesley, Sarah, 24

Wilson, Elizabeth, 25–6, 32, 39, 47, 58, 75, 98, 154, 197

withdrawal, 25–8, 190

Woodman, Elizabeth, 22

worship, domestic, 125–6