His wife, Mary, died in child birth five years earlier, the result of the ship's doctor being drunk.

It often proceeds for various amounts of time after child birth.

In 1873 his wife died after child birth, as would the infant son Jack.

There on February 2, 1883 his wife died due to the complications of child birth.

A main theme in the episode is the horror of child birth.

This increases for women at the time of child birth.

They had a son but the mother died soon after child birth.

He was unable to save his wife who died during child birth.

They are used to lead young women through sexual initiation, marriage and child birth.

The process of coming of age usually began right at child birth.