#Aemma haunting the women of this show is so interesting and so sad to me

[whateverthought]

So, Daeron is 16, Helaena is 17 and Aemond is ambiguously 16-17. That means Alicent had 3 separate full-term pregnancies in about a year. Let's just talk through this.

Pregnancies take about 10 months despite what the common belief is but you cannot get pregnant right after giving birth, not to mention the stitches and tearing of the vagina, the uterus needs time, it genuinely just wouldn't take. And let's give some slack, let's say one of her pregnancies wasn't full-full term, not too much since none of her children have been said to be sickly or weak or in any danger of stillbirth, lets say Aemond since 'he was born half his brother's size but twice as fierce'. And we're not gonna talk about Helaena's pregnancy, before this its 10 months pregnant, remember. So after giving birth, she would have to get pregnant as soon as possible, not even thinking about the stitches or tears that would likely take longer. And how horrible would that be for her, not fully healed having sex? It must have been torturous, absolutely agonizing. And then she gives birth too early, absolutely terrifying since Aemma Arryn exists as a curse haunting this show. And then she gets pregnant again, while having the most horrid, painful sex imaginable. Not even taking into consideration the very possible, very high infection risk.

If Helaena was born in the beginning of the year, January I guess, if it takes what at least 4 weeks till she can get pregnant again, it'd be early February, babies born 24 weeks survive with a hospital but Medieval Times? Again, its never mentioned so not too noticeable. Lets say, 32 weeks, 8 months, that's September. And again, 4 weeks, that's October. Daeron would be born in July. Did he just turn 16? Did she miss his birthday?

Having pregnancies too close together is bad for the mother, having sex too soon is bad for the mother. The infection risk, the reopening of stitches, the scarring. And she's 17! This young girl's body going through her first pregnancy at 15 (and notice how Viserys gives Alicent maybe a year before having a second, then its off to the races?) and then another at 17 (16?) and being pregnant for what, 2 years?

I am side-eying the Fuck out of Viserys and Aemma's relationship