In the 17th/18th centuries CE, male barber-surgeons began to get involved in childbirth, leading to the title ‘man midwife’, which some took as derogatory (see cartoon from 1793). This led to adoption of the preferred title ‘accoucheur’, a role that became today’s obstetrician.

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Depictions of hybrid beings and human turtles allude to the hardness and protectiveness of the shell of the turtle, as well as to childbirth, which is a similar exposure from the dark and protected.
You can find prints of The World Turtle here!
https://t.co/SgYGDsvfOR

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Hera: Queen of Olympus and the goddess of marriage and childbirth

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ARTEMIS: twin sister of Apollo, virgin goddess of hunting, wild animals, childbirth, and disease/death of girls.
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in just one stream i have gotten so outrageously down bad for ina's childbirthing hips oh my god jesus fucking christ

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⭕ tokophobia ⭕ 1/5

tw: pregnancy, childbirth, cancer, surgery, fear

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Lady Liberty 📸🔊
"Enforce childbirth if you wish but at least call that enforcing by what it is. It is slavery: the claim to own and control another’s body, and to profit by that claim."
- Margaret Atwood

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"Enforce childbirth if you wish but at least call that enforcing by what it is. It is slavery: the claim to own and control another’s body, and to profit by that claim."
- Margaret Atwood

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Lady Liberty
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"Enforce childbirth if you wish but at least call that enforcing by what it is. It is slavery: the claim to own and control another’s body, and to profit by that claim."
- Margaret Atwood

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Black women are 4 times more likely to die in childbirth than white women in the UK.

by is a searing indictment of maternal mental health for Black women in the UK – & vital reading this summer.

Pre-order your copy: https://t.co/Lx6OkLyIAD

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Clarissa Du Vol (26)
- she/her
- lesbian
- cambion (half succubus/ half ???)
- Is from a french succubi family, lives in England (circa 1900s)
- Mother died in childbirth, was "raised" by her aunts
- Currently lives in an English village and writes obituaries for the local paper

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As it’s June, let’s look at Juno, the patron goddess of Rome and divine protector of women, marriage, childbirth and motherhood. This month is named in her honour. Her sacred animal is the peacock, an emblem of immortality.
🎨Gustave Moreau.

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Would anyone like a gift from a malevolent fey? You know, for your wedding? Childbirth? Graduation?

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Today we call upon an end to obstetric fistula, one of the most serious and tragic childbirth injuries. It is easily preventible by delaying the age of the first pregnancy and timely access and awareness to reproductive health care.

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Starting off a week of art in honor of and medical care.
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The pelvic floor is a complicated sling of muscles keeping pelvic organs supported. A floor weakened after childbirth or surgery can prolapse-it's REALLY common!

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New character wee!
His name is Bjarke "Domadagr" Helvig, a bison satyr war leader. His son, Iah, is a sheep satyr, who he belittles at ever chance he gets for seemingly causing the death of his wife (she died during childbirth).
He's evil but I love him

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a female who menaced women during lion headed woman holding snakes breastfeeding dogs bird feet atop donkeys

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Congratulation to Maaya & Suzuken's childbirth.


Artist: Tomo (とも/マイピクはプロフにて!)
source: https://t.co/MM7wmm7CU9

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Au where Millie died during childbirth, here's the child be.

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