I wonder what were the 16thC attitudes regarding pregnancy? The
Victorians were all for hiding it away, and earlier attitudes are
sometimes filtered through this. Also I've heard plenty of modern
pregnant women complain of looking and feeling fat. But was that the
case for 16thC women?
-Carol
> That must be it.
>
> On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 10:41 PM, Lavolta Press
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
>> To record that you were fulfilling one of your most important duties,
>> that of creating heirs for the family.
>>
>> Maggie wrote:
>>
>>> Here's an Elizabethan noblewoman (1595) in maternity. (Why would you
>>> have your picture painted at this stage!?)
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