Oh I felt all of that in that chapter of In Sickness and Health. Childbirth is hard as hell…. I’ve done it twice. I can’t imagine pushing a baby out feet first though. My oldest my daughter was born with her umbilical cord wrapped around her neck twice and they didn’t even tell me anything except that I needed to push as hard as I could. I can’t imagine what was going through peoples head in the 1800’s when they didn’t have the choice to save both mother and baby when a Caesarean section was needed. That was beautifully written. I felt the entire thing….from Benedict’s pleading with his Queen to come back to him, their three princes and their little princess to Sophie realising that her family needed her more. 🧡🧡🧡
Would you believe me if I’ve told you I’ve never given birth?
Everything I’ve written on the subject has been from research.
Because I’ve also got Violet’s birth from a Modern POV plotted in my head I’ve done ALOT of research… (and trust me even with modern medicine it’s not much better… in fact I think it might be worse 😂) Sophie flatlines and has to be rushed to emergency surgery
Feet first is one of the most dangerous and it’s always a C section now but in the 1800s they used to do this.
But they still now try and move a breech baby manually and apparently it hurts like fuck according to a friend.
But I’m glad you were able to enjoy it! It was meant to be harrowing and painful and be the worst experience of both of their lives…
I wanted to write something like I did in ATWFD where Sophie’s literally in the middle ground and has to make a decision… so literally Sophie’s choice… move on with her mother or go back to her family…
But don’t worry Sophie panic is short lived and we’ve got a lot of joy and happy tears coming in the next chapter 🧡
