04202nam 2200589 450 991046579310332120200520144314.01-927327-23-7(CKB)3710000000224499(EBL)1772264(OCoLC)889675313(SSID)ssj0001337917(PQKBManifestationID)12594518(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001337917(PQKBWorkID)11316586(PQKB)10133293(MiAaPQ)EBC1772264(Au-PeEL)EBL1772264(CaPaEBR)ebr10915422(EXLCZ)99371000000022449920140907h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBorn to a changing world childbirth in nineteenth-century New Zealand /Alison ClarkeWellington, New Zealand :Bridget Williams Books,2013.©20131 online resource (389 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-927131-42-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Open Air and the Whare Kōhanga Māori Birth Ways; Giving birth outside or in the whare kōhanga; Assistance during the birth; After the birth - recovery and the removal of tapu; Lying In Pākehā Birth Ways; The early missionaries and childbirth; Colonial midwifery; 'Comfortable rooms' available; Doctors as birth attendants; The monthly nurse; Lying in; The roles of families and fathers; Doing it by the book; 'Destitute and Ailing' Giving Birth in Hospital; Hospitals and the spread of disease; The exceptions - Dunedin and OamaruThe Otago Benevolent Institution lying-in wardA 'very rare and dangerous operation'; A revolution to come; 'What Beautiful Children These Are!' Clothing the Baby; Preparing ahead; Dressing the 'little stranger'; The fashionable baby; Clothing for the poor; Changing styles in Māori baby clothing; From Wet Nursing to Condensed Milk Changes in Infant Feeding; Wet nursing; Hand feeding and infant mortality; The development of infant foods; The feeding bottle; Imbibing character along with milk; Christening, Churching and Circumcision The Religious Rituals of ChildbirthThe history and theology of Christian baptismEmergency baptism; Church christenings; Folk beliefs and the significance of christening robes; Private baptisms and parties; Godparents; Churching - restoring purity and rendering thanks; Māori rituals - tohi and Christian baptism; The Jewish congregations; Choosing a name; 'The Angel of Death Was Waiting for Them' Maternal Illness and Death; Mortality rates in the context of nineteenth-century life; The effects of puerperal fever and other infectious illnesses; Death from haemorrhage or 'flooding'; Medical manslaughter; Midwives before the courtsAbortionThe association between childbirth and mental illness; The impact of maternal death on families; 'She Has No Baby Now To Call Her Mother' Infant Death; Stillbirths; Premature and tiny babies; The significance of nutrition and infectious diseases; Accidental death; Infanticide and concealment of birth; The abandoned; Epilogue; APPENDIX: COURT CASES; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; ENDNOTES; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; About the Author; Original Print Edition Cover; Copyright and Publisher InformationEmerging from diaries, letters and memoirs, the 'voices' of this history tell of new life amidst a turbulent world. Tracing Maori and Pakeha experience, the narrative is centred on mothers, their babies and families: this is their history.ChildbirthNew ZealandHistory19th centuryChildbirthHistoryNew ZealandElectronic books.ChildbirthHistoryChildbirthHistory618.4Clarke Alison 726484MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465793103321Born to a changing world2240454UNINA