Rules Regarding Death during or shortly after childbirth

Death during or shortly after childbirth

A family will have options when a woman dies in childbirth, or shortly thereafter.  Use the Random Number Generator to determine the outcome.

Option	Description	Cost	Addenda
Pay for a private Wet Nurse	·    Best option ·    Keeps the baby in the home and ensures the baby is fed well	$2,000 for the first baby $500 for each additional baby	·     See Rules for Employing a Wet Nurse ·     See Rules for Being a Wet Nurse
Give the baby to The Church	·    Money is used to subsidize the cost of a wet nurse	$1500 for the first baby $250 for each additional baby	·     The sim may never move back home, as their life has been given to The PTB
Give the baby to The Orphanage	·    Money is used to subsidize the cost of a wet nurse	$1000 for the first baby $100 for each additional baby	·     Once the sim becomes a child, the family has the option to move the child back home for an additional cost of $250 per child. ·     Roll to determine if a child will be brought back home and the end of each season
Attempt to raise baby on cow’s milk	·    Worst option ·    The baby will have a decreased chance of surviving infancy (10/20) and toddlerhood (13/20).	Free	·     If the child survives to childhood, they will then be considered healthy.

For the following chart, generate a random number.

Class	Pay for private Wet Nurse	Give the baby to The Church	Give the baby to The Orphanage	Attempt to raise the baby on Cow’s Milk
Serf and Peasant		16 - 19	1 - 15	20
Merchant/Bourgeois	16 - 19	1 - 15	20
Gentry and above	1 - 15	16 - 20

Cost

The cost associated with providing for the infant(s) can be high.  The charge must not be more than 25% of the family’s cash on hand.  If the family does not have the money for the option they have rolled for, they will choose the next cheapest option by default

Rules for Employing a Wet Nurse

• The wet nurse is there for the sole purpose of caring for an infant.  She is not the household maid, or cook.  She is to be treated with respect, and provided for as if she were a member of the household.  
•  Summon her, and add her to the household.  She must be paid on arrival with a Simbology cheque.
• She is to have a bed of her own; it must either be in the nursery, or in an adjoining room.
• She must not share a room with other children, or the father of the children.
• She is likely married, therefore non autonomous romantic interactions are discouraged. If an affair occurs at the hands of ACR, the rules for the Desecration of a marriage and Bastardry will apply.

Rules for Being a Wet Nurse

• The Wet Nurse is a valued and respected position in society, although slightly tainted, as it is a service position.  The following rules apply:
•  The position is only available to wives of working class men (the subsequent sons of the bourgeois), and disgraced women with children
•  Women older than 45 may not nurse children that are not her own.
• She must have given birth at least once, and have at least one child that survived infancy
• Income is taxable – standard rate of 30%, non taxable if she is wet nurse to a royal child
• During her employment she will be away from home – ensure other children can be taken care of
• There is no limit to the number of women who are wet nurses in the neighbourhood