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Let's clarify "until recently"
Can we give an approximate date for this statement?: "Until recently babies born in hospitals were removed from their mothers shortly after birth and brought to the mother only at feeding times.". My own guess would be say the late 1990s but does anyone have a reference for it? Also, is this statement valid at the global level or does it only apply to developed countries - Europe, USA and alike?
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birth of historical characters
Wikipedia should be more focused on explaining the birth of its historical characters.
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Infobox
so abortion and birth control are mentioned in the infobox as prevention, while it does make sense for abortion and birth control to be in the infobox of the pregnancy article, is this really necessary here? 2804:868:D045:DC40:4020:9B5E:F6E6:9384 (talk) 01:45, 30 May 2025 (UTC)
Who is calling it delivery
I know nobody in my life that called it delivery. Horse Exterminator 9000 (talk) 03:26, 20 November 2025 (UTC)
Abdominal partying
Abdominal partying? I see that used in 3 different meanings according to Google AI. They probably mean meaning #1 (involuntary muscle reflex), but for a different purpose. (Making a big enough hole) ~2025-37042-67 (talk) 17:55, 28 November 2025 (UTC)
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