Why did women in ancient times like to have children so much?

It's not that I like to have children, but there is no way, affected by the concept of unfilial piety, there are three nos, etc., ancient families had to have children, and at the same time, there was no contraception at that time, so it often caused a lot of children.

In ancient times, there was no better contraceptive measures, I didn't know how to contraception, the survival rate of children in ancient times was not high, the ancients believed that "there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great", the survival rate of children is not high, so they have to have more children, more boys, only more boys, more children, more blessings, women can work less when they have children, they can eat better food, and they can also improve their family status if they have boys. So they like to have children.

Because of the low status of women in ancient times, it was unreliable to rely on their husbands, and only "mothers and sons are expensive" can live a better life.

1. Men's face problems. There is a saying that the birth of a son is more masculine, and the birth of a daughter will be more gentle, and the established image of the Chinese for men is masculine and upright, so giving birth to a daughter will affect the establishment of this image to a certain extent. 2. Physiological factors.

China has always been a large agricultural country, and farming is a more physically demanding activity, and women are significantly weaker than men in this regard, so they all want to have a son to help with the farm work rather than a daughter to help with food. 3. The concept of raising children and preventing old age. The approximate meaning of this concept is to raise a son in the future, when he is old, someone will take care of himself who can't work, and he can provide for his own retirement, and when there is a disaster, he can also send himself to the hospital as soon as possible, and the most important thing is to be able to send himself to the sect, many traditional customs are not allowed to women to play, and the act of sending the sect is also exclusive to men.

4. The notion that girls are all members of other people's families. There is a saying that the daughter who marries out spills the water, and the family who gave birth to a daughter was not only unhappy when she was born in ancient times, but also like exchanging dowry gifts with her daughter to a certain extent. Sometimes it becomes a luxury for a daughter to return to her parents' home, which is probably this kind of concept.

5. The traditional habit of having a noble child and a cheap daughter. The ancient polygamy system made this vice spread more wantonly, and the status of giving birth to children was noble and the status of giving birth to daughters was low, so the women in those courtyards wanted to give birth to a belt on their stomachs to change the fate of their lives.

Because giving birth to a son can be passed on to future generations! There is a lot of power, and there is also the fact that the society at that time was patriarchal, so everyone wanted to have a son.

The ancients said that there are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is greater. In ancient times, giving birth to a son not only meant that the family had an heir, which could prevent outsiders from snooping on their family's property to the greatest extent, but also meant that the family's incense inheritance was not broken.

Like modern women, it's just that medicine is not so developed, and the mortality rate is relatively high.

It's similar to having a baby in modern times, but let's ask the doctor specifically.

When you give birth to a child, are you thinking about whether you want to have a vaginal birth or a caesarean section? Have you ever wondered how women gave birth to children in ancient times?

Is it just like the one in the costume drama, covered with a thick quilt, and then lying down with a cloak and screaming? In fact, according to ancient records, there are many "tricks" in the posture of the ancients to give birth to children, and there is definitely more than one posture. Vertical delivery is the most popular.

Vertical delivery, as the name suggests, is that the body is upright, such as standing, sitting, kneeling, squatting, etc. It is recorded in "The Origin and Syndrome of Diseases: Women Will Give Birth to Diseases" that "women give birth, there are sitting and lying". However, the average person gives birth vertically.

Why give birth "vertically"?

Because the sanitary environment was not good in ancient times, of course, the risk of infection was greater when giving birth to a child. And giving birth vertically will not make you dirty, and it will be easier to clean up (in fact, it is the same principle as pulling stink). The point is that lying down is not very conducive to maternal force, but vertical delivery, which can use gravity to let the child "fall" on its own, which can greatly reduce the probability of dystocia.

Vertical childbirth was common in ancient times, but it was common all over the world. In the Dazu stone carvings in Chongqing, there is a "childbirth map" (Southern Song Dynasty), it is obvious that the mother is standing to give birth, and at the same time there are two midwifery, one holding the mother in the back, and one in the front to deliver the baby

In the pharaoh's palace in ancient Egypt, there is also a relief that also depicts the mother giving birth to a child, which is obviously Guizi in the vertical delivery (it is said that this depicts Cleopatra): in ancient times, there was also a caesarean section, and Sima Qian's "Historical Records of the Chu Family" has "Wu Hui gave birth to Lu Zhong, Lu gave birth to six children, and he gave birth by caesarean section." And the last sentence of "caesarean section" refers to a caesarean section.

This is from 2400 B.C.E. It can be seen that the medical level at that time was still quite high.

In ancient times, the environment was not good, medicine was not developed, and if you had to give birth to a child lying down, it would be difficult to deal with it in the later stage, and it was easy to get infected.

In ancient times, the most respected mode of production was to give birth upright, and the mother needed to use the labor stool in the process of childbirth, and the mother stood on the stool to keep her body upright and upward, and gave birth with force. In order to have a smooth delivery, everything is done.

Because technology and medical technology were not developed in ancient times, they could only give birth while standing.

Standing is more hygienic, and it is also easier to give birth, and the medical conditions in ancient times were not as good as they are now

Because the ancient environment was not good, doctors did not have such developed instruments

Medical care was underdeveloped in ancient times, and this was done to improve the chances of survival for children.

Such as standing, sitting, kneeling, squatting, etc. When a woman gives birth, she sits and she sits and lies." However, the average person gives birth vertically.

Lie down and give birth naturally, boil a few pots of boiling water, and then use red-hot scissors to cut the umbilical cord. In ancient times, women gave birth to children more bloody, and men were not allowed to enter the delivery room.

When women gave birth in ancient times, they gave birth completely on their own, and the dystocia rate was very high.

In ancient times, women were in their own homes, and then asked a midwife to help them give birth, and they generally gave birth naturally. When giving birth to a child, I will contain a little bit of life to give myself strength.

Hot water should be boiled and idlers should not be allowed into the delivery room. In ancient times, due to limited medical conditions, women giving birth to children were like passing through the ghost gate, and the midwife would not let idlers enter the delivery room, and would ask for hot water.

In ancient times, women invited Wen Po to come to the house to give birth to children, and large families went to the side room to give birth, thinking that this was a filthy and bloody thing, and the male owner was not allowed to enter the delivery room.

In ancient times, women gave birth to children like this, generally looking for midwives, and generally had to boil several pots of water, and the process of giving birth was very painful, with hideous expressions, and all men had to avoid it.

The ancients believed that having more children would be more blessed, and that more children would bring more happiness and good fortune, so they liked to have so many children.

In ancient China, the concept of having more children and more blessings was very strong, and the prosperity of people is the need for a large population, and the ancients believed that more people are the manifestation of blessings, and only then can they become a big family.

The reason why the ancients had many children was because the infant mortality rate was relatively high in ancient times, and because the ancients did not have a good sense of risk management and control, many children were unexpectedly pregnant.

In order to have offspring to be able to raise themselves. Giving birth to children to prevent old age was the idea of the ancients, and it was also the easiest thing that could be done to provide for the elderly in that era.