. ... Woman in girlhood, wifehood, motherhood; her responsibilities and her duties at all periods of life; a guide in the maintenance of her health and that of her children . Waist with buttons for sup-porting the skirts. Skirt Supporter orsuspenders. Abdominalbandage. pregnancy. Silk or wool must be worn next to the skin, theshirt having a high neck and long sleeves. The use of gar-ters should be discountenanced. All compression about thewaist must be avoided. The ordinary corset therefore mustbe discarded but in its place an hygienic waist or corset made LIFE DURING PREGNANCY 163 especially
. ... Woman in girlhood, wifehood, motherhood; her responsibilities and her duties at all periods of life; a guide in the maintenance of her health and that of her children . Waist with buttons for sup-porting the skirts. Skirt Supporter orsuspenders. Abdominalbandage. pregnancy. Silk or wool must be worn next to the skin, theshirt having a high neck and long sleeves. The use of gar-ters should be discountenanced. All compression about thewaist must be avoided. The ordinary corset therefore mustbe discarded but in its place an hygienic waist or corset made LIFE DURING PREGNANCY 163 especially for pregnant women may be worn. Of these thereare many upon the market, including the Ferris maternitywaist, the Jenness-Miller waist and the Wade hygienic cor-set. Heavy skirts and tight bands must be avoided. Theskirts should be suspended from the shoulders by means ofsuspenders or a waist. When the abdominal walls are weak the muscles be-come so overstretched that after labor they may fail to prop-erly hold up the various organs, with resultant protuberantabdomen, filling of the stomach and intestines with gas,movability of the kidneys and dropping of the stomach a
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