Hello and welcome to the Pregnancy and Childbirth eCourse! I love researching and creating content that explores everyday life for people, and builds connections through time and space.
One thing that women through the generations have in common is the experience of fertility - even if a woman never gives birth now, she still has the experience of growing into puberty, and the hormonal and physical changes that go along with that. Of course, mothers have the entire pregnancy and childbirth experience in common.
In this eCourse, we look at all aspects of fertility, pregnancy, and childbirth in medieval and Renaissance England and Europe. From getting pregnant, avoiding getting pregnant, being pregnant, giving birth, and recovering, we look at traditions and rituals that tie the generations of women together. Many of them we may even recognize today!
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Getting Pregnant - Day Two:
Avoiding Pregnancy - Day Three:
Being PRegnant - Day Four:
Giving Birth - Day Five:
Post Birth Recovery
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Heather Teysko is the creator, writer, and producer of The Renaissance English History Podcast,  one of the longest running indie history podcasts, going since 2009. She's been writing about history online for over 25 years, since her first site on Colonial American history became number one in history on Yahoo in 1998. She writes books, created the original Tudor Planner (a yearly diary filled with Tudor history) and in 2019 created the world's first Tudorcon (you can "attend" online this year!). She has been passionate about Tudor England since she first read Alison Weir's The Six Wives of Henry VIII 20 years ago, and subsequently moved to London after college to spend her time immersed in Tudor history.