[post_page_title]People understood the couple’s position[/post_page_title]
Anyone who has had kids understood this. The pregnancy may not have been planned, but even if it was, you plan for one baby – not five! People were giving Barbara clothes and furniture. People wanted to make sure the couple didn’t have to stress, and especially not Barbara.
Reducing stress as much as possible helps to make a pregnancy go a little more smoothly. With Barbara supposedly carrying five babies, people believed she would be quite delicate.