Demons, witches, revenants? In the early modern period, pregnancy and childbirth were associated with fears of supernatural and diabolical attacks, which were to be warded off with folk magic practices. Using medical texts, prayers, funeral orations, etc., we will examine the ideas associated with the childbed and the woman in labour herself. The central focus is on the stigmatisation of women who had recently given birth in the 17th and 18th centuries.