CHAPTER XVII.

SURROUNDINGS AND AFTER-CARE OF THE MOTHER.

Maternity should have the largest and brightest room in the house.—It is her coronation room.—Simplicity of labor with healthy women.—Science has reduced risk to the minimum.—The exaltation of motherhood.—The rest after labor.—How to prepare a bed for the parturient.—Deliverance of mother from friends and visitors.—Sanitary pads.—Regular nursing.—Undisturbed sleep.—No binder necessary for mother.—The care of the breasts.—Diet.—Sitting up.—Six or eight weeks needed to regain normal condition.—The use of the douche.—Sore nipples.—The bearing of children not to be dreaded.—The joy of motherhood, 189-200