Queen Victoria hated childbirth, she was the first Royal to use Cloraform to help her cope with the labour pains, and of course once it was out that Victoria had used to Cloraform to help cope with Labour it became fashionable for all the ladies of sociaty to use it..
The pain of labour is soon forgotten when you hold your baby for the first time, and I think Ellie and Ayanka will agree with me that there is no sound more beautiful in this world than a babies first cry..

Boleyn said Did Edward actually have a father/son relationship with his father? I rather get the impression that Stinky viewed Edward as a disappointment.. in the sence that Edward wasn’t like him in his youth. But whose fault was that? Wrap a kid up in cotton wool and that what you get Stinky.
I rather think that Stinkies idea of a son was someone like Elizabeth, hence the reason why he was so annoyed at Anne for giving him a girl instead of a boy.

Isn’t it weird, that there seems to be a lot on how the children got along with each other and with Katherine Parr, but not a lot about Edward and Henry. Edward seemed like a thoughtful, sweet boy. That’s the impression I get from his relationship with KP. But you know I think he would have turned out like Henry. Some of his diary entries during his reign show a bit of cold-bloodedness.

Boleyn said

Queen Victoria hated childbirth, she was the first Royal to use Cloraform to help her cope with the labour pains, and of course once it was out that Victoria had used to Cloraform to help cope with Labour it became fashionable for all the ladies of sociaty to use it..
The pain of labour is soon forgotten when you hold your baby for the first time, and I think Ellie and Ayanka will agree with me that there is no sound more beautiful in this world than a babies first cry..

Not too sure if it was that or the first time any of them slept for over 4 hours….

This is true. It was common for a child of the nobility to be farmed out (for want of a better word) to other noble families, to be brought up. Indeed Henry 7th was first brought up for the first 4 or 5 years by his Uncle Jasper, but once Edward 4th finally secured the throne, and Jasper fled to France or wherever. Henry 7th was given into the care of William Herbert, a turncoat Yorkist (M.B was not a happy bunny either) Henry stayed in Herberts household until 1470 when Henry 6th regained his throne and Jasper came back and took Henry to court, only to flee into exile with Jasper when Edward 4th retook the throne in 1471.
Anyway where little Edward was concerned I rather think that Edward was perhaps a little afraid of hs father, and their relationship, was perhaps at best stilted and disfuncutional. I rather think that Stinky made it know to all those about Edward that he was disappointed in Edward’s lack of enthusiasm concerning wanting to do all the things he did as a child, but like I said it was Stinky’s own fault for wrapping the kid in cotton wool. Poor Edward must have felt very inferior and and small when he placed next to his father. Stinky’s marital relationships didn’t exactly help either, although he perhaps didn’t have what was called a close relationship with either AOC or K.H, his relationship with K.P was a good one. I don’t know why but I kind of get the feeling that Stinky blamed him for J.S’s death although he was so desperate for a son. Hope that makes sence..
If you think about it too Stinky didn’t exactly help matters by allowing a lot of woman to fuss around him. I know that Edward did see his uncles, and that his Uncle Tom was his favourite, basicially because Tom treated him as a little man rather than a simpleton, I don’t mean that how it sounds but I hope you understand what i’m trying to say. Uncle Ned just wanted power for himself and poor Edward was used most cruely by him to get it and then again used by the Dudley crew for them to get power.
By all accounts Edward was a gifted and clever young man, who if had lived could have been a force to be reckoned with and in time perhaps would have outdone his father in his acheivements. Poor Edward the poor little chap didn’t have much of a life did he? He was used and abused all his life, by one faction or other, and having a father who viewed him as a bitter disappointment didn’t help matter much did it?
Although I do wonder if he had had brothers would he have been any different? I suppose in some respects he was a lonely lad who really didn’t know what to do for the best..

Yup. The queen was back to court as soon as she was churched. She was an important part of the whole court scene. Plus once she was back, she could get back to her most important duty, securing the succession with sone and daughters .

Mya Elise said

I don’t really get why mother’s weren’t allowed to take care of their children back then? They always had wet nurses and 100’s of maids taking care of a baby, like when Anne was denied breast feeding Elizabeth I don’t understand why it was such a huge deal. I know that royals babies were sent away because they thought that is was cleaner and safer but why can’t the mother go with? Come back to court for important things…?

When you breastfeed it reduces your chances of conceiving again. Generally speaking you don’t start menstruating until you stop breastfeeding. Queen’s were expected to get pregnant again in quick succession, so breastfeeding was left to a wet nurse.

Anyanka said

Elliemarianna said

Mya Elise said

I don’t really get why mother’s weren’t allowed to take care of their children back then? They always had wet nurses and 100’s of maids taking care of a baby, like when Anne was denied breast feeding Elizabeth I don’t understand why it was such a huge deal. I know that royals babies were sent away because they thought that is was cleaner and safer but why can’t the mother go with? Come back to court for important things…?

When you breastfeed it reduces your chances of conceiving again. Generally speaking you don’t start menstruating until you stop breastfeeding. Queen’s were expected to get pregnant again in quick succession, so breastfeeding was left to a wet nurse.

Yes, and no. It depends on your diet.

Modern Western women can conceive while breast-feeding since they have excess calories even if they are exclusively breast-feeding. If your diet isn’t high calorie/high nutricious it lowers the chance of conceiving but it’s still not a fool-proof method of birth control.

I was told when I had my daughter (Almost two years ago) and it says in the book new mothers get given by the midwife that the reason breastfeeding works as a contraception is that breastfeeding stops certain hormones being circulated that cause ovulation. Some women do have periods during that time, in which case pregnancy is a risk, but many women who exclusively breastfeed do not menstruate (I didn’t). Pregnancy cannot occur if there is no egg released. It says “Less than 1 out of 100 women who practice continuous breastfeeding perfectly will become pregnant.” No contraceptive is 100% fool-proof.