The Origins of Obstetrics and Chagrinocology

In the U.S., you know, kind of in the early days, midwives were the norm. They were the primary caretakers of people who were pregnant and giving birth. And it was a pretty important and sacred role across communities. But then as medicine became more formalized... male physicians started to look at childbirth as something that they were interested in getting involved in. You know, before it had really been this sort of more insulated kind of woman to woman thing.