Index
A
accoucheur, 4–5, 8–10, 30, 34–7, 89–91, 110, 117
Aitken, John, 19
attachment
emotional, 62, 124, 130, 133, 145–7
authority, 35–6, 140, 148, 197
B
Bateman, Rebekah, 24, 26, 32, 40–1, 47, 96, 108, 119, 134, 141, 154
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
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
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
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,
community, 3, 111–2, 163–5, 173, 176–7, 186–8, 190–1
Bracken, Henry, 30, 34, 90, 104
feeding, 16, 47, 89–90, 93–9, 116, 134
milk, 89, 93, 97–8, 103–4, 108–10, 132, 134, 181
Buchan, William, 6
C
Cadogan, William, 91–2, 94, 106, 108
caudle, 1, 69, 73, 79, 84–9, 91
childbed, see bed, brought to
childcare, 75, 104, 134–5, 154, 195
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
colostrum, 90
comfits, 113
confinement, 25–8, 43, 48, 54, 58, 74–5, 155–6, 158
Counsell, George, 9
cradle, 37, 53, 60, 69–72, 115, 147–8
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
delivery,
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
Deventer, van, Hendrik, 19
discomfort, 14, 24, 31, 58, 83, 102–3, 132–3
disruption,
bodily, 157
hormonal, 55
drink, see alcohol, caudle
duty,
maternal, 93–4, 98–9, 109, 135, 156
neighbourly, 41, 84, 111, 114, 163–4, 169–170, 173, 177, 190
E
embodiment, 13–15, 23–4, 48–9, 51–2, 54, 56, 77, 149, 150–1, 157, 161, 196–7
environment,
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
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
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
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
Hey, William, 29–31, 36, 45, 68, 107, 197
Heywood, George, 25–6, 29, 31, 33, 125,
Heywood, Oliver, 129
Hollingworth, Nanny, 21
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
Ingram, Frances, 21, 23–4, 28, 34, 42–4, 47–8, 59–63, 72–4, 102, 140, 142–3, 147–8
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
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
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
love,
familial, 90, 120–3, 154–5, 160
maternal, 56, 63, 98–9, 103, 109, 138–140
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
M
man–midwife, see accoucheur
marriage, 22, 24, 42, 47–8, 65–7, 89, 94, 96, 124, 130, 135, 140, 154, 164
maternal,
attachment, see attachment, maternal
imagination, 22
love, see love, maternal
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
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
mortality
maternal, 24
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
non–naturals, 6–7, 47, 83, 89, 104, 110
Northern Circuit Assize Court, 166–8, 178
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
poverty, 67, 122, 136–7, 144–5, 190
pregnancy,
Q
R
Ramsden, Betsy, 1, 22, 24, 26, 28, 33, 42, 46, 65, 79, 84, 86, 88, 97–8, 108, 135–7, 153
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
regulation, 8, 40, 47, 148, 164, 170, 180, 190
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
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
sister, 20, 47–8, 70, 85, 96, 98, 119, 153–9, 195
size,
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
Stephen, Margaret, 20, 60, 103, 105
Stewart, Susan, 21, 28, 42, 44, 47, 140, 143
stranger, 1, 72, 76, 150, 156, 164, 180, 187
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
Thorpe, Mary, 43, 63–4, 76, 173–5, 186
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
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
Wesley, Sarah, 24
Wilson, Elizabeth, 25–6, 32, 39, 47, 58, 75, 98, 154, 197
Woodman, Elizabeth, 22