It is said on TV that ancient women had to boil hot water when giving birth to children, so what was the real ancient childbirth like?

When watching costume dramas, you often see the scene of delivery. Whether in ancient times or now, delivery is a ghost gate. When watching costume dramas, we began to wonder what the scene of delivery was like in ancient times.

Start with hot water. I saw the maids come in with pots of hot water, dyed red and brought them out. The important role of hot water in childbirth is self-evident, so the problem comes. There was no water heater in ancient times, so why must we use hot water? First of all, we all know that high temperature can be used for disinfection. Ancient people used mostly well water and river water. Without high temperature treatment, there are many bacteria, and the parturient is in a state of easy infection. It is not good to use cold water. Without the assistance of various medical facilities, it is difficult for midwives to observe the delivery process of parturients, and cleanliness is also extremely important. In addition, warm water can reduce the stimulation to the parturient during childbirth, which is beneficial to production.

In ancient times, giving birth was the same as lying down now. As we all know, in ancient times, there were no tools to assist production, so we should make full use of natural resources as much as possible. In the process of production, standing, sitting or even kneeling can use gravity to help the fetus leave the mother better.

Not all parturients can achieve a natural delivery, and dystocia is also common. In the face of dystocia, we can only make the parturient ask for more happiness, just like in the play. In fact, theoretically speaking, although caesarean section appeared in ancient times, it was against natural phenomena in superstitious ancient times. In addition, there is no way to disinfect the scalpel, so the result of caesarean section is also death. Therefore, most parturients who have caesarean section are dying, and the children and mothers are buried separately. In ancient times when the mortality rate was high, the surviving babies were really lucky.