Don't apologize! This post was intended more as a reference/resource than an event, so I'm just happy people are still finding it and getting use out of it. :)
Out of curiosity, did you need to figure out the birthday for a specific purpose, or were you just musing about it like me?
Thanks for the information! Using 36 weeks instead of 37 as an earliest cutoff pushes the earliest date back to June 10th, then. It's good to know that's the generally-accepted number.
I highly doubt that a trained midwife would have around, if Caroline was forced to give birth in a barn. Although the argument for warmth is intriguing, I'd think the issue of sanitation would outweigh that in any situation other than an emergency. I was sort of lumping midwifes in with "medical care"; it seems most likely Caroline was full-term and everything happened without a hitch, since she was giving birth in a barn, likely without trained/experienced assistance. I made a leap based on the fact that no one died or was noticeably physically affected by the birth, but it's entirely possible he was a premature and/or difficult birth and healthy all the same.
So basically, a) everything went perfectly or b) it all went to hell in a handbasket and things still turned out fine. That narrows it down, doesn't it? :) This whole thing is a house of cards on a process-of-elimination foundation, so I just picked options and ran with them.
Re: FYI oh these many months later :)
Out of curiosity, did you need to figure out the birthday for a specific purpose, or were you just musing about it like me?
Thanks for the information! Using 36 weeks instead of 37 as an earliest cutoff pushes the earliest date back to June 10th, then. It's good to know that's the generally-accepted number.
I highly doubt that a trained midwife would have around, if Caroline was forced to give birth in a barn. Although the argument for warmth is intriguing, I'd think the issue of sanitation would outweigh that in any situation other than an emergency. I was sort of lumping midwifes in with "medical care"; it seems most likely Caroline was full-term and everything happened without a hitch, since she was giving birth in a barn, likely without trained/experienced assistance. I made a leap based on the fact that no one died or was noticeably physically affected by the birth, but it's entirely possible he was a premature and/or difficult birth and healthy all the same.
So basically, a) everything went perfectly or b) it all went to hell in a handbasket and things still turned out fine. That narrows it down, doesn't it? :) This whole thing is a house of cards on a process-of-elimination foundation, so I just picked options and ran with them.