That really must have been terrible

"...it was the barren woman who was a pariah, an object of scorn to other mothers. 'From her first recorded mentions, the infertile female was a monster, distinct from woman-proper,' Kimball writes, recalling Atrahasis of Babylon, the Jewish Lilith (whom my daughter is named after), and the Egyptian Alabasandria, all of whom kidnapped children, caused miscarriages, stillbirths, and even male infertility. Many of the high-profile witchcraft trials, she points out, centered on barren women."

~ A. Klein

"Why Are Women So Mean to Infertile Women?"

https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/why-are-women-so-mean-to-infertile-women/