I have been married thirteen years and have no children. I have had
seven miscarriages, all under six months. My own opinion is that the
first was brought on by an unqualified midwife that I had to call in
to see me at a moment’s notice, for instead of letting me lie quiet,
she acted with me as though it was a full-time child. And all the
other miscarriages have followed as the result of the first. My mother
is a qualified midwife, but was too far away at the time. I have
suffered untold agonies through these miscarriages. My health is all
undermined. The doctor has told me that I would probably give birth to
a full-time child, but I should have to stay in bed for the first six
months. I am glad our Guild is taking up these things, for the woman’s
sake, for there is many a childless woman to-day through neglect. I
have consoled myself by adopting an orphan boy, who is the sunshine of
my life.
_Wages 23s. to 28s.; no child, seven miscarriages._