alienas:women’s history meme → early demises (2/5) • princess charlotte of wales “After 50 hours, Pr
alienas:women’s history meme → early demises (2/5) • princess charlotte of wales “After 50 hours, Princess Charlotte delivered a stillborn 9-pound son. His head had been in a sideways position and was too large for her pelvis. After the delivery Charlotte seemed to do well at first, and she was even given some port wine to drink after two days without food (she mentioned later that the alcohol made her tipsy), but after several hours she became restless, had difficulty breathing, and her pulse became rapid and feeble. She developed malaise and weakness, followed by somnolence then agitation, with progressive worsening and death.Five and half hours after her delivery she died from post partum haemorrhage and shock.” (x) -- source link
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