Make sure that your birth plan includes a good selection of obstetrical firearms, such as this specimen from Borneo: It was reputedly used in the 1800s during difficult labours, possibly to scare off evil spirits. The c...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/11/23/Nineteenth-Century-Birth-Cannon/
This chair, made of wood, leather and iron, offered optimal birthing comfort two centuries ago:The seat shape allows a clear route for the emerging baby and access for those assisting the birth. The chair is also known a...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/11/13/Adjustable-Birthing-Chair-c-1750-1850/
The blog Pregnant Chicken rounded up a whole slew of pumpkins and Jack O'Lanterns that were arranged and carved in such a way as to illustrate a pumpkin giving birth. Many of them appear to be from obstetrician's offices...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/29/Where-Pumpkins-Come-From/
The blog Pregnant Chicken rounded up a whole slew of pumpkins and Jack O'Lanterns that were arranged and carved in such a way as to illustrate a pumpkin giving birth. Many of them appear to be from obstetrician's offices...
http://www.neatorama.com/neatobambino/2012/10/29/Pumpkins-in-Childbirth/
Comedian Carol Burnett once said... ...this would agree. Perhaps reading about childbirth is the last thing on your mind, especially if you... ...nde wrote an article for The New Yorker about how childbirth went industrial, including this tidbit...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/04/19/the-industrialization-of-childbirth/
Every year in the U.S., more than half a million women go back to their jobs within a month of giving birth. The reason is usually economic, as paid maternity leave is not required by law. Short leaves may have harmful e...
http://www.neatorama.com/neatobambino/2011/12/22/how-much-time-off-after-childbirth-is-best/
The bar exam was inconveniently scheduled, but a Northwestern Law alumna sucked it up to ensure that she was admitted to the Illinois bar. She was in active labor during the exam and gave birth two hours after completing...
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/07/29/woman-takes-bar-exam-while-in-labor-delivers-baby-right-after/
When Emma Smith of Leytonstone, UK, went into labor, her husband Leroy realized that they wouldn't be able to get to the hospital in time. He then used his BlackBerry to find instructions online on how to deliver a chil...
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/12/16/man-delivers-baby-with-instructions-found-using-blackberry/
When a baby wants to come into the world, he/she doesn’t care if the mother is ready. If her due date is still some time away, the mother may be anywhere. There are also cases where circumstances get in the way, as in...
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/07/the-10-weirdest-places-to-be-born/
Jo Stephens of Cornwall had planned a home birth, but when her labor pains started, no midwife could come. And the ambulance wasn't going to make it in time, either. Luckily, her husband Marc had been watching YouTube vi...
http://www.neatorama.com/2009/05/03/youtube-helps-man-deliver-baby/
