[Morgana]

FReepers in the old days, like 1980's and before, what did women do if they gave birth to a still born baby at home?

I would think most of them might have buried the child either in a cemetery or in the back yard.

Did stories like this every make the news?

[gitmo]

[Chickensoup]

Yes the occasional story.

[NFHale]

“Byresha”….

Yup.

[frank ballenger]

Home Burial by Robert Frost was his poem about a mourning couple and their child. A professor said such things were common in rural areas in past times in America.

He and his wife Elinor had a child die at one day old.

Elinor Bettina Frost (1907 - 1907).
Born 1907 in Derry, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
Died 1907 age one day.

[existentially_kuffer]

Woman of color!

[Secret Agent Man]

Oh come on, its what any modern mother would do. “Dad” (and I say that in quotes because she probably doesn’t know exactly who the dad is) is probably in prison or working to get there, so obviously he couldn’t do it.

[Tennessee Nana]

Abortion or abortion pill ???

[AuntB]

No one had babies at home then. Maybe the 40’s.
It would have been illegal as well to dispose of the corpse.
Its likely this baby wasn’t still born.
Anyone who could throw their dead baby out would kill it.