NaturalChildbirth.org » Blog Archive » Commentary: When joy of pregnancy turns to heartbreak

Every day in the United States, thousands of women and families experience one of the most joyous occasions in their lifetime — the birth of a child.

That joy is certainly not as often the case in many parts of the world. Women in the least-developed countries are 300 times more likely to die in childbirth or from complications related to pregnancy than women in developed countries.

Half a million women die due to pregnancy or childbirth complications every year.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/01/22/veneman.childbirth/index.html

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