It was one of the French Louis, worth having his head off :)
Lorraine
"McHugh, Nessa" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Rumour has it that Louis xiv or maybe xv wanted to see his mistress
Madame de Montespan give birth - or at least that was the version I
heard!
Nessa
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Hello all,
Just wondering if anyone knows the story of how women got to start
birthing on beds. Apparently the trend started when a King (not sure
which) wanted to see how his children "came out" of his wife. Must be
centuries ago.
On behalf
of a group of student midwives!
Yinka
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