Just a bit of trivia I found fascinating....and disturbing
Nope, it was presecribed for morning sickness. And it worked for it too. It was earlier than he 1950's though I think, peaked in the 20's and 30's.
Certainly in Ireland, pain medication would not really have featured during delivery. The one where pregnant people were seen as frail would not be true for here either. Miscarriages and stillbirths were seen as a sad fact of life, women were told to get over it and try again. I don't think it would have merited any special treatment, no scans existed anyway. I am talking about deeply Catholic Ireland though back then, England could well have been different.
Definitely the points about smoking and drinking, fathers only seeing the baby through the nursery window, lonnnng bed rest and the other points are true. Don't think they definitively copped a link between drinking and pregnancy until the 70s and has only been widely known in the last 15 years or so. If anyone has seen the film The Snapper, shot in 1993, the pregnant woman in it binge drinks. They wouldn't have been told any different.
Actually that drug was prescribed by 50's to 60's and was a sort of sedative to help cope with morning sickness.
Thalidomide was sold in a number of countries across the world from 1957 until 1961 when it was withdrawn from the market after being found to be a cause of birth defects in what has been called "one of the biggest medical tragedies of modern times".[4]
She said she never had any pain with it either. I don't know if this is because of the medication or just because she's one of those rare people that just feels a lot of pressure?
Just a bit of trivia I found fascinating....and disturbing
Nope, it was presecribed for morning sickness. And it worked for it too. It was earlier than he 1950's though I think, peaked in the 20's and 30's.
Certainly in Ireland, pain medication would not really have featured during delivery. The one where pregnant people were seen as frail would not be true for here either. Miscarriages and stillbirths were seen as a sad fact of life, women were told to get over it and try again. I don't think it would have merited any special treatment, no scans existed anyway. I am talking about deeply Catholic Ireland though back then, England could well have been different.
Definitely the points about smoking and drinking, fathers only seeing the baby through the nursery window, lonnnng bed rest and the other points are true. Don't think they definitively copped a link between drinking and pregnancy until the 70s and has only been widely known in the last 15 years or so. If anyone has seen the film The Snapper, shot in 1993, the pregnant woman in it binge drinks. They wouldn't have been told any different.
Actually that drug was prescribed by 50's to 60's and was a sort of sedative to help cope with morning sickness.
Thalidomide was sold in a number of countries across the world from 1957 until 1961 when it was withdrawn from the market after being found to be a cause of birth defects in what has been called "one of the biggest medical tragedies of modern times".[4]
Yeh my nan was offered this with her first and he's about 50 now. Her mother wouldn't let her have it saying she would have to put up with the morning sickness like she did! She is soooo greatful now though!!
And some of them were just plain funny. 
