https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2024/09/19/childbirth-in-the-past/ https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2024/09/19/childbirth... Childbirth was extrao

https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2024/09/19/childbirth-in-the-past/ https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2024/09/19/childbirth... Childbirth was extraordinaly dangerous. 6-8 births per woman and a 1-2% chance of dying per birth for the majority of history. We have no idea what that was like. Rates today are ~0.013%.