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Hunter-Gatherer Societies Dealt with Pregnancy Communally - Neatorama

The process of giving birth may be a shock and a new experience to modern people, but pre-civilization communities knew what they were doing. A new mother had already helped her own mother, her sisters, and her friends through it, under the supervision of older women who knew more than they did. Sure, men were excluded, which is why women became the experts in childbirth and by extension, other medical events. Giving birth was a team effort, and everyone did their part. We lost this type of comm