Would you still be alive if you lived in the 16th century?

[LittleMosIron]

I would have died aged 7 from appendicitis. If not then childbirth or an infected tooth would have finished me off in my early 20's.

Likely from a bad kidney infection at 17, if not possibly before from febrile convulsions at 2.
I think my sister would still be alive, though I would have also died from severe hyperemesis and given its hereditary and most women had children back then I'd assume she may have gone that way too. (She is child free by choice).

Doubt it, c-section birth; chronic asthma; cancer at 57; plus all the childhood diseases of the 1960# - measles, mumps, whooping cough, chickenpox, meningitis.

My mum’s sibling died of meningitis as an infant. It’s only fairly recently that such diseases were curable.

I think I would have been burned as a witch!

Me too - had a bad squint in both eyes, which was a sign of witch craft.

How horrible. Women really have had a shit lot when we compare the sexes. I appreciate this situation is still reality in some parts of the world.
I'd be so angry and resentful. I'd definitely be burnt as a witch myself back then 😬🤷‍♀️

Tonsillitis, childhood asthma and scarlet fever all requiring hospital admissions (as a child).
Child birth x2 (one ended up in itu after one a complex twin pregnancy).
Sepsis.
Bilateral pneumonia.
Severe bleed in surgery x 2.
Respiratory arrest.
I think one of these would have caused death.

One of my dc was stuck after hours of pushing and needed a ventouse delivery. I’m not sure if I’d have just died in the 16th century or they had more barbaric methods of getting them out that resulted in bleeding to death?

Also take into consideration all the times you’ve needed antibiotics - untreated infection would’ve been a huge killer back then. No wonder the average age of death was about 35 years!

I wonder whether, if my tonsils had been left in, they would have done for me…

If so, I’d have died at around 8, I imagine.

I'd still be alive for sure age 51. Never been in hospital. Both children were home births fast labours no interventions or pain meds. Luck!
I've got the hard years ahead I think!

I would have died at birth with the cord around my neck

I really don’t think immediate death was a given even then by some of things mentioned on this thread.

Id have mostly likely died in childbirth with my 1st (Post partum hemorrhage)

I would likely have died 13 years ago from cancer

Actually, if I had miraculously survived my own birth, I would still be alive as I've never had an operation or any serious treatment.

Back then they’d strangle you before lighting the bonfire. So it was your corpse that got burnt- preventing you from coming back from the dead and haunting them.

Quick reminder that many of these would still kill you if you were born in 21st century Liberia or Guatemala

Old age would likely to be having me at 47

Another one who would have died during childbirth. My son (my third child) also would have died too.

I was born at 32 weeks and needed oxygen and antibiotics due to infections. So nope, I wouldn’t have made it past birth.

Nope my mum would have died and me during my birth

I'm extremely shortsighted so without decent specs I'd have fallen into a well as a child.

Childbirth would have done for me at 28 years although 16th C me might have had earlier pregnancies and wouldn't even have made it that far.

I probably would have died from measles age 2. And if that didn't get me one of the numerous bouts of tonsillitis/quinsy would have probably been fatal.

Pretty sure I wouldn't have survived birth.i was huge, my mum was tiny. She had to have a c section after 2 previously very difficult deliveries. Assuming I was born alive, I'd probably have died from TSS Aaged 17. Or head injury aged 17. Or childbirth.

I think I would, there has been very little physically wrong with me. The only thing that nearly killed me was a RTA age 7 - which obviously wouldn’t happen in the 16th century.

Oh…except that my mum probably wouldn’t have lived long enough to have me, thanks to thyroid problems age 14. And her mum might not have lived long enough to have to her, due to TB in her 20s. So I may never have existed in the first place.

Yes I would I think. I've been very very lucky and never needed any urgent medical treatment. That said I suppose any throat/chest infection could have finished me off without antibiotic's.