Caution -Pregnancy and Death - Have you ever heard of this?

Oh my gosh that is devastating. So very sad.

How awful. Prayers for all.

Ditto

I'm so sorry.

I am so sorry. I will definitely be keeping her family in my thoughts and prayers. 

My SIL had a weird condition where her uterus was kinda divided--she was high risk. They were concerned that she could rupture like that. I think her doctor discovered it when he did more testing after she miscarried. 

It's easy to forget that childbirth was the largest killer of women throughout history. I worry that a lot of women who are doing the whole no gyn/just dulah home birth route are forgetting this. I've read some home birth stories that have raised the hairs on the back of my neck. If something catastrophic did happen, the mother and baby would have mere minutes to be in the surgery theatre. 30 minutes by ambulance is just way too far away--15 minutes to get to her, get her loaded up, then 15 minutes to the hospital. 

There are so many queens and princesses who died in childbirth, and they had the *best* care of anyone. It's so sobering.

I'm sorry. I lost my best friend this way 11 years ago. she was only 23, having her first child. during labor her uterus ruptured and she was gone within seconds. they were able to save her daughter, thank god.

her dad was a radiologist at that hospital. he said it's so easy to forget that not that long ago in history, childbirth was one of the most dangerous things you could go thru. and still in this age, nothing is guaranteed.

still miss her.

I know a woman who had had a D and C after a miscarriage. When she carried the next one to term and went into labor, her uterus ruptured because the D And C had weakened/poked the top of the uterus. She and the baby survived. The weakness was discovered when they removed her uterus and sent it to a lab to figure out what happened.

I almost died from an abruption.

Pregnancy and childbirth can be dangerous.

Sorry for your/ everyone's loss. So tragic to lose someone amidst so much hope and joy.

My little sister's liver ruptured while she pushing out her first child. Luckily, she was in a hospital with a trauma center; had she not been the doctors say she may not have made it. When it first happened the doctor thought her uterus ruptured. Because of my sister's ordeal I think people who do the home births are incredibly foolish. Everything for my sister was routine up until the point her liver ruptured.

Yes. This is how I lost my best friend when she was 35 years old. Her baby survived but she did not. He will be 19 in April. I still think about her nearly every day.

I am so sorry it has happened to someone else.

So sad! My heart hurts for her DH, family, and friends.

This is so sad. There was a story in the news recently about a first time mom dying from an amniotic embolism. So rare that most OB/GYN's never encounter it. Nothing is a guarantee

That's so sad! The poor woman. I don't know anyone off hand that has had problems when their kids were born. That's so sad to hear how often it has happened to people in the posts above.

That is extremely sad.  I am very sorry for the others too that posted the lost a friend.

There were a few cases in Massachusetts in the news last year because they happened at the same hospital in a relatively close timeframe. And yes, it brings to light that there are still pregnancies that have complications and result in death in United States.

The researchers estimated that 18.5 mothers died for every 100,000 births in the U.S. in 2013, a total of almost 800 deaths.
[from the Washington Post]

The death of a woman during pregnancy, at delivery, or soon after delivery is a tragedy for her family and for society as a whole. Sadly, about 650 women die each year in the United States as a result of pregnancy or delivery complications.
[from the cdc website Dec 2014]



I remember this too. Was she the one that her husband found her collapsed in the laundry room?

How sad and shocking for her family. Hugs to you, it's rough news for someone in your sphere.

As PP have mentioned pregnancy and childbirth remain risky, even with access to good healthcare and parental care.

We should all remember this when we're tempted to comment on another Mother's delivery plan, or speculate afterwards.