The medieval world was full of customs that seem unthinkable today - but were completely ordinary back then. In this video, we explore some of the strangest aspects of daily life, including early ...

Pregnancy and childbirth presented the medieval expectant mother with a whole host of challenges and dangers. Just as today, ...

In the Middle Ages, pregnant women allegedly wore a type of specially prepared wrap known as a birthing girdle. Birthing girdles were long, thin, rolls made from animal skin parchment. They were ...

Royal childbirths, a far cry from today's private affairs, were once grand spectacles, laden with political significance. Public scrutiny was the norm, with hundreds of onlookers present to confirm ...

Historian and author Helen Castor, presenter of the popular series She-Wolves, explores how the people of the Middle Ages handled the most fundamental moments of transition in life: birth, marriage ...

She continued to respond to the livestream chat throughout the eight-hour process, even cracking jokes. Despite questions on whether the birth livestream conforms to Twitch’s content rules, the ...

The streamer delivered her daughter at home and broadcast it to followers for over eight hours Zoey Lyttle is a Society & Culture Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She covers influencers and viral, trending ...

Sci-fi and cyberpunk media did not prepare y'all for this one. Twitch streamer Fandy is currently going viral online for giving birth during an eight-hour livestream for nearly 30,000 viewers. As any ...

Riley Gaines announced the birth of her first child, a daughter named Margot, Thursday night. Gaines announced the birth in a post on social media, showing her holding the baby alongside her husband, ...

Riley Gaines announced the birth of her first child, a daughter named Margot, Thursday night. Gaines announced the birth in a post on social media, showing her holding the baby alongside her husband, ...

A team of 11 specialists works on pieces such as finials, tracery and the weird figures called grotesques. A team of 11 specialists works on pieces such as finials, tracery and the weird figures ...

Beneath a city square in the English city of Leicester, archaeologists have discovered a Roman infant burial, remnants of medieval commerce and a 16th-century civic building’s foundations. Experts ...