Hadn't he already been to Lallybroch and whipped him there and tried to rape Jenny (when she laughed at him)?

Wonderful assessment. I too will miss the reviews. First Tom and Lorenzo and now here.

They also nailed how Claire likely felt that her loss was contagious. She kept looking at Louise's stomach with uncertainty.

Honestly, by the time she's bleeding like that, there's not much that can be done for the baby beyond immediate c-section. It's then more of a medical question of will she bleed out and die.

Having had a stillbirth myself about where Claire is gestationally (a stillbirth is a pregnancy loss after 20 weeks- it's not a miscarriage), I am loathe to blame her for what may or may not happen.* I don't think exposure to disease is an issue, as she's noted she is immune to most diseases of the time. The bitter…