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Actually deaths weren't quite as common as one might think, though they did happen with much larger frequency. Women are, after all, BUILT to bear children, so the function isn't exactly beyond their ability.
A common practice was to prop the woman up, allowing gravity to help aid in the birthing process. Really, the way we do it now is kinda unnatural and needlessly medicated and complicated. We have way more Caesarian Sections than need be, for example.
little indian girls, in many tribes, birthed babies on their own...they would bite/cut the umbilical cord and bury the ..uhh...mess
We're slowing down evolution these days, seriously! :p
Yeah, I know the term "umbilical cord" is highly preferable, but I'm dead sure there is an English word like "navel-string". :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Poetically Pathetic
Actually, the Swedish word for "umbilical cord" is "navelsträng", the "ä" being pronounced like the a in "man".