Welcome to Just Between Us, the podcast with all of the answers, some of the time.

A bit of a different thing going on this week.

You've been immature and you've lied.

And now you're trying to turn it on me and manipulate me and gaslight me.

I was trying to manipulate you.

Diana, you would be chucking their clothes out of the window.

I know, I'd be like, are you joking?

I don't know.

I guess you'd have to ask.

Someone that has sex.

Someone that has sex.

And remember, it's just between us.

Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine, Britain's

best-selling history magazine.

I'm Ellie Cawthorne. How did women in the 16th and 17th centuries deal with their periods?

How did people think babies were made? And what was it like to give birth in a time before maternity wards and effective pain relief?

For today's podcast, Professor Mary Fissel joined me to tell me more about women's reproductive health in the early modern

Atlantic world. Please be aware that this conversation does include some discussion of abortions

and maternal death. Thank you for joining me, Mary.

Oh, it's lovely to be here.

Thanks for having me.

So we're going to be taking a look back today at the history of women's reproductive health.

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