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Swainb
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This is why I don't care if it's medcally advised
Swainb
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Not everyone of these is medical advice are, but alot of them are. The 1970 one is the most ridiculous and that was only 40 years ago- some of you were babies then!
1893:
B.G. Jeffris and J.L. Nichols, authors of Safe Counsel or Practical Eugenics ? one of the best-selling marriage manuals of the day ? warn expectant mothers to avoid sex during pregnancy. ?Morning sickness? is greatly irritated by the habit of indulging in sexual gratification during pregnancy. If people would imitate the lower animals and reserve the vital forces of the mother for the benefit of her unborn child, it would be a great boon to humanity.?
1916:
Alice B. Stockham, MD, author of Tokology: A Book for Every Woman, writes that it is no longer considered necessary to offer a newborn ?catnip tea, panada [a thick paste made from bread crumbs, flour or rice], gruel, cracker water, cream tea, etc.? while waiting for the mother?s milk to come in.
1928:
Chatelaine advice columnist Stella E. Pines, RN, urges Canadian mothers to give birth in a hospital that trains newborns to sleep through the night right away so moms won?t miss out on much-needed sleep when they get home: ?Nearly all babies cry for the first five or six nights. It does them no harm unless in excess. In fact the exercise helps to establish good lung capacity.?
1930:
Eureka! Scientists discover that ovulation occurs in the middle of the menstrual cycle, not during menstruation, as had previously been believed.
1931:
Nurse Margaret Laine warns Chatelaine readers about the dire consequences of deviating from baby?s schedule: ?When making arrangements for the baby?s morning bath, it should be remembered that a certain time should definitely be set apart for it and that nothing should be allowed to encroach upon that particular time. Unless regular hours and strict punctuality are enforced, the baby cannot be well trained and most people will agree that, apart from his physical well-being, which must also suffer, a badly trained baby is a nuisance to himself and to all those with whom he comes into contact.?
1936:
John W.S. McCullough, MD, writes in Chatelaine that moms risk spoiling their babies if they give them too much attention: ?Children under two should not be in the parents? company too much.?
1942:
Popular parenting book The Canadian Mother and Child stresses the importance of starting toilet training as soon as possible: ?Usually a child, when a month old, will go to stool at a definite time of the day, or it may be trained to this by the use of soap suppositories or a rubber catheter which will act as a stimulant to bowel action.... Later, at about the fifth or sixth month, the child may be made to sit on a specially constructed toilet chair.?
1960:
The world?s first effective birth control pill ? Enovid-10 ? hits the market, ushering in the sexual revolution. It is later discovered that Enovid-10 contains ten times as much estrogen as what is needed for contraceptive purposes.
1960:
The Financial Post reports that Canadian aircraft manufacturer Canadair is developing a new obstetrical aid designed to speed up and ease childbirth. Known as an ?abdominal decompression chamber,? the device fits over the mother?s abdomen and reduces atmospheric pressure on the abdominal wall to help the muscles relax during the first stage of labour. An ordinary household vacuum cleaner is hooked up to the dome to remove air from the chamber.
1962:
The anti-nausea drug thalidomide is pulled off the Canadian market in April, a year to the month after first being approved in Canada. At least 20 percent of babies whose mothers took the drug during their fourth to eighth weeks of pregnancy were severely deformed.
1963:
In the latest edition of his book, Expectant Motherhood, Nicholson J. Eastman, MD, suggests pregnant women limit themselves to ten cigarettes per day. ?It seems clear that the newborns of mothers who smoke tend to weigh slightly less than those of mothers who do not smoke. But whether this lower birth weight indicates an injurious effect has not been established.?
1967:
Maclean?s reveals that fathers are welcome in the delivery room at one Canadian hospital, St. Joseph?s in Hamilton, Ontario. Not all obstetricians are enthusiastic, however: ?It?s true the husband is present at the laying of the keel, but I?m damned if I think he has any right to a place at the launching,? declares one Montreal doc.
1969:
Contraceptives become legal for use in Canada ? and on Dominion Day no less (renamed Canada Day in 1982)! Until this time, condoms were technically approved only for disease prevention.
1970:
The latest edition of The Canadian Mother and Child informs mothers that fresh cow?s milk, canned evaporated whole or half-skimmed milk and powdered whole milk are all suitable substitutes for breastmilk, provided that moms add granulated sugar or corn syrup to this homemade ?formula.?
1978:
Ultrasound technology provides an alternative to X-rays.
https://www.todaysparent.com/lifeasparent/parenting/article.jsp?content=1249501&page=1
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Re: This is why I don't care if it's medcally advised
These all seem crazy now, but look how far we have come. Glad I wasn't PG back then!
I feel sick after reading that.
I wonder 30 years from now what medical advice will we look back on and say that's crazy.
Piper, 4/10/10
Connor, 3/16/15
Morgan, EDD 9/22/16
Like how many women had epidurals (or other surgery strength meds during labor) ...
Your description in your siggy is so close to me as well! lol Except for the CD- will be doing soon and Dylan is a boy!