Despite reassurances from Dr. Clarkson, Matthew is worried that the spinal cord bruising that temporarily paralyzed him has affected his fertility. He secretly steals away to London to meet with a fertility specialist.
He has just received further reassurance when he sees his wife checking into the same clinic under an assumed name. In the very next episode, one year later, she is clearly pregnant and the couple is in what seems like endless bliss.
What was this operation? Why was the doctor so confident? Was he so confident, or was his reassurance the custom of the times? What was really known about fertility during these times?
Medical Reality: As long as women ovulate, her tubes are open, and the husbands have sperm, pregnancy can occur. Given the duration of their relationship, as long as they had those three things, they had a good chance of conceiving. Tilted uterus: This is not a cause of infertility, but a small abdominal incision could alter the direction of the uterus without much risk to the patient and likely without harming her fertility.
Fibroids: During the s, surgery to remove fibroids was being performed, mainly because of bleeding. Given the high risks and low rewards, this was not likely the surgery.
Blocked fallopian tubes: This could have been diagnosed and treated. But even today, repair of fallopian tubes or removal of surrounding scar tissue does make a patient good prognosis for pregnancy. Ovarian cysts: These were rightly thought to cause a decrease in fertility. Removal or drainage of a cyst or even an ovary might improve pregnancy rates. The bottom line is that three of these surgeries might have been performed.
The best prognosis surgeries at the time would have been tilted uterus little risk of harm or ovarian cyst removal. Most likely, all Mary and Matthew needed was just more time.
After all, for many couples, even in the world of infertility — time is the a great healer. Mary has a son. I am no expert in British law, but I imagine this baby boy is now the rightful and most direct heir to become the next Earl of Downton. There is a lingering medical plot twist that could dramatically affect the Downton lineage. Namely, will Patrick Crawley show back up? Will his amnesia prove to be real? At the time of viewing these episodes, the idea did not occur to me about the soap being placed on the floor causing a fall.
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