When I have been pregnant I have suffered very much with bad legs. You
see, I had to go to work in the mill, and so I had not the chance to
give them the rest they needed. I think it is a great hardship for a
woman to have to do so. However, when I have got over the confinement,
I seemed to pull up after my first baby. But after my second one was
born I was in bed nearly a month, and my husband (who, thank God, is
one of the best) had to lift me in and out of bed, and put my legs
on a level with my body while he made my bed. After the third I was
something the same, only not quite so bad.
My babies have been very strong and healthy, though they have not
always had the best of health since. But I have tried to do my duty to
them as well as I could.
I might say that I think ignorance has more to do with suffering than
anything, and I think if our Guilds would get the doctors to lecture to
them on this subject it might help our members, and also other people,
to take more care of themselves.
_Three children._