I must say I have been more fortunate than some of our dear sisters.
My husband always saw that I was attended to and did not want for
anything. I had very bad times before and after, and was obliged to
have help in for several months, and after each turn it left me with
something or other. Once I lost the use of one of my hands, and the
doctor said it would never get better, but however, I went to another
doctor, and he cured me in a few weeks. He said it was the nerves. Our
savings in the Stores have been a blessing to us, and helped us over
the stile more than once. I often wondered how women could go out to
work at those times, when I could not do my own. I firmly believe that
if we could get better medical advice beforehand, there would not be
so much suffering, and no doubt if I could have got better advice, it
would have been better for me. But, of course, I thought we must put
up with it, and they would only laugh at me. But however, times have
altered, but too late for me.
_Wages 20s. and upwards; seven children, one miscarriage._