ABSTRACT
Some women are a day or two earlier, others a day or two later; but they usually have their child in forty weeks from the time of conception. When a woman is about to be confined, or approaching this period, it is not unusual for her to be troubled with irregular pains for several days previous to her labor and are usually most troublesome during the night. As boon as labor commences, the belly sinks, the dress becomes loose, and there seems to be a descent of the womb into the bottom of the belly; the motions and weight of the child are felt to be lower than formerly, and the head of the foetus, or child, falls down to the orifice of the womb, and presses upon it. The parts of generation during labor should always be well oiled of greased with lard, as it greatly assists and mitigates the suffering, and lubricates the parts or passage.
