People are just realising the 'creepy' reason women give birth on their back

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give birth - and people are just finding out the creepy reason why it became the go to position for labour.Kellie Leonard, who is a journalist and a specialist biomedical scientist within histopathology , often likes to debunk women’s health myths for her 50,000 TikTok followers.But in her recent clip, she has really blown the minds of people when it comes to the topic of giving birth.Having done her extensive research, Kellie has shared why women lay on their backs in labour - and it isn’t just to help the midwives out.In the video that has now racked up 804,000 views, the biomedical scientist explained: “So the reason we give birth on our backs is all because of a male kink, and in case you aren’t aware I’m a biomedical scientist who debunks myths in women’s health.“Before the 17th century it was actually a very common place for women to give birth on all fours, squatting or even standing.“It was actually quite uncommon for them to be lying on their backs.

So lying on our backs can actually cause labour to be a little bit longer because of the way our pelvis is.“So it actually goes against our natural biology.”I bet you are thinking why do women mainly lay on their backs to give birth?

Well this all changed around 300 odd years ago.Kellie shared: “Well along came King Louis XIV, this guy had a kink for women giving birth.“He had 22 children with his wives and mistresses and he asked them all to basically lie on their backs so he had a better view.“This got implemented into Western culture and voila we are still doing it to this very day.”And the ‘creepy’ behaviour from the longest reigning monarch did not stop there, one study even went as far as branding King Louis XIV “perverted”.According to the public health.