Martin's "Fire and Blood," is primarily about two women, Rhaenyra Targaryen (Milly Alcock in early episodes, replaced by Emma D'Arcy after a time jump in Sunday's episode) and Alicent Hightower (Emily Carey, and now Olivia Cooke). .
More: Sorry, but HBO's 'House of the Dragon' can't touch 'Game of Thrones' greatness.The first birth, in the series premiere, was a gruesome and violent C-section, intercut with a jousting sequence, that resulted in the death of mother Aemma (Sian Brooke) and child.When series are realistic about birth and infant care and motherhood, it can be a radical act.PBS' "Call the Midwife," a series all about birth, is one. CW's "Jane the Virgin" offered a realistic take on postpartum life, from adult diapers to lack of showers.
When Laena kills herself during a labor that isn't going well, it sends the message that women would rather die than fail to give birth, and take their unborn baby with them
Shortly before she is seen half-naked, cut open and bleeding in the series premiere, Aemma tells her daughter that for women, "the birthing bed is our battlefield." Heavy-handed as that dialogue is, it points to the fact that there are more nuanced and important things "Dragon" could have said about birthI want it to be able to say something profound about women and motherhood
I don't want birth to be just another horrible thing that happens to women on TV.
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