Texts in Eastern services expressing ideas about the role of woman in child development

I have quite a specific question about the view of ancient Christians on the development of a child. I always assumed, that since the Ephesus Fathers considered being born of human woman as a paramount proof for Christ being truly human, that they must have considered the role of woman as important. On the other hand most ancient natural philosophers tended to diminish the role of woman, claiming that she is only the nurturer of male sperm. My question is: are there liturgical texts about Theotokos that would somehow reflect the views of contemporary Christians about this? I vaguely remember some mention of the role of blood of Mary, but I can't recollect if it was Octoechos or Menaion and what was exactly stated there.