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Victoria left the hospital with Oscar the day after. Madeline left the hospital with Leonore 3 days after her birth.
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Where are this information ?
If QEII was born via C-section, her younger sister was too; I read that in those times there was principle "Once a Caesarean, always a Caesarean".
I haven't looked up the Queen's other two offspring but Charles was born by Caesarian section while Edward, 'a small baby', wasn't. There's quite a description in Ingrid Seward's bio of the Queen 'My Husband and I' of his birth, of the Queen having a specialist in 'breathing techniques' and Prince Philip being at her side throughout the very long labour, holding her hand and making some jokey banter. In the end, like Andrew, Edward was born while his mother was in 'twilight sleep.'
Never heard that Charles was born by C Section...
I would have to agree - another Biograph of the Queen's noted something similar that the Queen started reading mother magazines and how to raise children books with Andrew and was very enthusiastic about natural birth and early mother bonds. Which is why she has a midwife for Edward and insisted on the Duke of Edinburgh been present. There was concerned about her age , early problems with the pregnancy and the fact that Edward was small and had weak lungs. An ambulance stood by to take mother and child to hospital if needed. Side note - although Edward is now way into his fifties - the Queen is always reminding him of his weak lungs - which I am pretty sure you grow out of.
I recall reading in a bio of Queen Margrethe where she said that Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark was born by caesarean, while Joachim was natural.
That's not always the case.Eliz II was a caesarain in 1926, and her mother had Margaret in a normal labour in 1930. That's well before Q Margrethe.I wouldn't want to doubt her word, but that would have been exceptionally unusual for the time. Back then once you had one child by caesarean you had all your subsequent ones (usually just one) that way, and that didn't change until decades after QM had her kids.
That's not always the case.Eliz II was a caesarain in 1926, and her mother had Margaret in a normal labour in 1930. That's well before Q Margrethe.