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27. The Year of the Fake Pregnancies

27. The Year of the Fake Pregnancies

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Did you know that in 1793, the must-have fashion accessory for ladies in London was a pregnancy bump?

Dr Isabel Davis of the Natural History Museum joins Amy to look as this unusual trend and explore why women wanted to appear pregnant, how they styled their bumps, and what all this meant regarding women's bodily autonomy.

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