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1. The lithotomy position was originally used for the removal of bladder stones.
2. But hospital births, and thus lithotomy, didn’t become the norm in the US until the early 20th century.
3. Well if we look at the timeline, the lithotomy position emerged as a concern for modesty mixed with medical intervention in the 18th & 19th centuries.
4. But the lithotomy position, the phrase used to describe being on your back with your feet up in stirrups, wasn’t the only standard for women in labor.
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