In the United States, the middle classes were especially receptive to the medicalization of childbirth, which promised a safer and less painful labor, and in fact the ability to labor without pain was part of the early feminist movement.
The middle classes were especially receptive to the medicalization of childbirth. This was in the United States. Childbirth promised a safer and less painful labor. The ability to labor without pain was part of the early feminist movement. This was in fact. This was in the United States.