maternal death rate rising in U.S.

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Interesting article FYI...

childbirth death rate article link

It will be interesting if the trend continues and totally sad :(

The last lines so sad about the little boy growing up without a mom.

I guess it will be more interesting to see if they end up with some definate reasons as to why...not just guesses.

So 600 American women are dying in childbirth each year, 13 in every 100000. That is 600 children, and their siblings who are left without mothers, and 600 fathers widowed.

And they say 600 is a small number. Pardon me??? And they have only just started asking, "WHY?"

I guess it is much lower than 1903, but ...

In Australia, this is the situation. http://www.aihw.gov.au/mediacentre/2006/mr20061018.cfm

The last paragraph about indigenous mothers speaks for itself, and is very sad and complicated.

Cheers

Louise

Wow, just wow! I've been hearing stories like this one more often lately. But most stories come from mama's dying or near death from a botched c-sections.Perhaps the number is rising because practitioners are chooseing to take on too many clients turning childbirth into a cash convenience. Only its costing the family their dear mother and wife, sister, daughter. This is so sad.