Okay so as I wrote yesterday, I was looking for ideas and approvals on writing topics. So the one that I ask for approval was the number of mothers that die while giving births. I recently read an article in Time magazine about this, that one in 8 have a chance of dying in Sierra Leone and Afghanistan, as opposed to the US where 1 in 4,800.
In the UK 1 in 8,200.
And in Sweden 17,400.
It's amazing that in countries that are poverty ridden the lives of the mothers are ending as others begin. And its not that they are dying because they give birth exactly. Its the complications after, they are suffering nosocomial illnesses and infections. The world has seem many advances in medicine concerning the field of OB/GYN. Its heartbreaking that many people don't realize that mommys are dying.
I couldn't even ponder to imagine my life without my mom. She's been there though everything and she listens and gives advice. But to know that these kids who would probably have lost their mothers to disease or hunger can't enjoy their mothers for even the slightest amount of time. I honestly wish there was something we could do. Mother's in Mozambique have a 1 in 45 chance of dying in their ENTIRE lifetime while giving birth. They have a shortage of doctors in Africa with there being about 3 doctors for every hundred thousand people. And to think that we have at least 1 doctor to 190 patients here in the US. C'mon guys yall can do the math. And remember how I said that 1 in 8 women die in Sierra Leone, well they only have 64 doctors in the nation and 5 of those are specialists.
Something has to be done, or at least voiced about. I bet if more people knew about this there would be a lesser chance of this happening.
I just thought I should share this with the world. And by the end of today 1400 kids will be motherless and 99% of them are in developing countries.
Another thought, please take a minute to appreciate your mom. I know that as soon as I read this article I went up to my mother and gave her a huge hug and told her that I loved her. She was surpised and then I told her the story and research I did. My mother grew up in the poorest conditions in Mexico.
Paz y Amor.
Gabby
