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Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine, Britain's best-selling history magazine.

I'm Ellie Cawthorthorne. What was it like to give birth in the 16th or 17th century?

Well, to tell us more, today's guest is Dr Sarah Reid,

lecturer in English at Loughborough University and a specialist in early modern culture and women's reproductive health.

Following the release of her historical novel, The Gossip's Choice, Sarah joined BBC History Revealed staff writer Emma Slattery Williams

to discuss the experience of pregnancy and childbirth in early modern England.

How much do people know about childbirth in England during the early modern period? How much knowledge did they have? I always think that people in early modern England had a lot more knowledge about labourer and childbirth than probably we do. Now, if you think about going as a first time mum to antenatal classes,

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