.... In my neck of Ozark woods, because the roads are so bad, they never stopped using and licensing midwives. So, the kids are born at home. And therefore, never exposed to the latest bugs going round in a ...put it, and a major source of deadly microbe transmission, needless to say. If the Republicans got behind licensing midwives and nurse practioners for house calls, they'd save the public so much money the push for socialized ...

... stable populations, and while that worked for a long time, eventually a horde of warriors showed up, and it was all over. Hordes of warriors would be the rule, but they dont pay enuf attention to what midwives have to say, have- as you suggest- high maternal mortality rates, and then not enuf women to birth enuf warriors... The other big problem they repeatedly had was not paying attention to hygiene and epidemics would break out ...

... of obstetrics. Why? To indemnify themselves against claims that child delivery malpractice is responsible for medical problems that may develop until the delivered child attains 18 years of age. . Malpractice insurance for midwives is much less, because malpractice suits are directed against the 'deep pocket' insurances of their supervising MDs. Not surprisingly MDs are reluctant to sponsor and supervise the practice of midwifery. ...

...> So there were cycles between when warrior prowess mattered, and then when the health services of witches and midwives did. I've gone onto the "survivalists" lists making the point that if they are going to rebuild the pioneer lifestyle and have a dozen sons, they better find some midwives. The silence has just been deafening. When the men went "a viking", they had been living polyamorously in...

.... So there were cycles between when warrior prowess mattered, and then when the health services of witches and midwives did. I've gone onto the "survivalists" lists making the point that if they are going to rebuild the pioneer lifestyle and have a dozen sons, they better find some midwives. The silence has just been deafening. When the men went "a viking", they had been living polyamorously in ...

...hill forts. So there were cycles between when warrior prowess mattered, and then when the health services of witches and midwives did. I've gone onto the "survivalists" lists making the point that if they are going to rebuild the pioneer lifestyle and have a dozen sons, they better find some midwives. The silence has just been deafening. When the men went "a viking", they had been living polyamorously in ...

..., 24-31). 2. During the sojourn in Egypt: Despite Egyptian expertise in medicine, Jewish midwives are better and achieve higher live birth rate; Pharaoh fears demographic imbalance. Ignoring that females bear babies, not males, Pharaoh orders midwives to kill newly born Hebrew males (Exodus 1:15-22). Midwives disobey and make excuses to Pharaoh. Decades later, LORD God strikes back, allowing Pharaoh to...

..., 24-31). 2. During the sojourn in Egypt: Despite Egyptian expertise in medicine, Jewish midwives are better and achieve higher live birth rate; Pharaoh fears demographic imbalance. Ignoring that females bear babies, not males, Pharaoh orders midwives to kill newly born Hebrew males (Exodus 1:15-22). Midwives disobey and make excuses to Pharaoh. Decades later, LORD God strikes back, allowing Pharaoh to...

..., 24-31). 2. During the sojourn in Egypt: Despite Egyptian expertise in medicine, Jewish midwives are better and achieve higher live birth rate; Pharaoh fears demographic imbalance. Ignoring that females bear babies, not males, Pharaoh orders midwives to kill newly born Hebrew males (Exodus 1:15-22). Midwives disobey and make excuses to Pharaoh. Decades later, LORD God strikes back, allowing Pharaoh to...

..., 24-31). 2. During the sojourn in Egypt: Despite Egyptian expertise in medicine, Jewish midwives are better and achieve higher live birth rate; Pharaoh fears demographic imbalance. Ignoring that females bear babies, not males, Pharaoh orders midwives to kill newly born Hebrew males (Exodus 1:15-22). Midwives disobey and make excuses to Pharaoh. Decades later, LORD God strikes back, allowing Pharaoh to...