In ancient times, it was already a common thing to ask a nurse, not only the court invited a nurse, but also the families of officials and eunuchs and rich families would also invite a nurse.
Most of the people engaged in nursing mothers are some people at the bottom of society, in ancient times women employment to make money and there are not many choices, common is also female red, textile, etc., and the profession of nursing mother, compared to the advantages, not only rich remuneration, in the rich family can also eat delicious spicy, live a good life.
Of course, there must be a house, in order to make a living, the nurse can only be separated from her own children, and to raise the employer's children, which is also a kind of helplessness, fish and bear paws can not have both.
The first is because when breastfeeding, because babies don't understand priorities when sucking milk, it's easy
Bite through the skin
, it will take a long time to recover. In this way, the ladies were originally very cherished, and the very delicate skin would leave an ugly scar, which may make them
Lost the favor of her husband
, and thus life plummeted.
Secondly
look after
A child is a very delicate and complex matter, in ancient society people married very early, these ladies can say that they are a child themselves, not competent to take care of their children
Tough task
。 In addition, their energy is also very limited, feeding requires frequent night up, and young people cannot keep up with their physical strength.
Another reason is that the wife who has given birth to the children, because the physical strength has been almost destroyed
overdraft
, plus the medical conditions at the time
Very backward
They need a lot of time to recover their bodies. Ancient societies emphasized that "
Mothers are precious
"They need to quickly raise their bodies and prepare for pregnancy so that they can have more heirs to consolidate their position."