#maternal death

[brunettebelladonna]

[bumblepony]

So everyone who loves a Joel centric story should absolutely positively read this one. It's Joel's first day with Sarah. And it's heartbreaking and just glorious in its sadness and it's stunning storytelling.

Be prepared for the feels because they are definitely there. This is a story where Joel was very much in love with the mother of Sarah. It is a must read, quintessential The Last of Us extra storytelling.

[aita-blorbos]

AITA for creating a vessel to bring my mother back to life?

I (1000+F) unfortunately lost my mother many years ago, and her remains were desecrated by her killer. I was able to retrieve her heart, which for our species is more of a stone containing the being's essence. I began to do experiments to try to bring her back to life, which included building flesh vessels to try to contain her essence, powered by my mother's heart. Unfortunately, many of these vessels were weak and died. One (20F) survived; but as this vessel grew to adulthood it became clear that, instead of becoming my mother, she had developed her own consciousness and personality. She fell in love with a friend of mine (300+M) and they had a child together; however, the pregnancy was difficult, and it became clear that either mother or child was going to die. The failed vessel begged me to save the child, and I did it the only way I knew how — I removed the heart stone from her body and implanted it into the child. She died and the child survived; however, the child has turned out distinctly... odd. It does not cry, or show any emotional response to the world around it, and though it has a pulse, it has no heartbeat. Though this was a natural born child who by all rights should have been a person in their own right, I cannot help hoping that perhaps this child will in time become my mother's true vessel and means of returning to me. AITA?

[sy666th]

"She had seen that the finger of Death was upon her bosom—that, like the Ephemeron, she had been made perfect in loveliness only to die; but the terrors of the grave to her lay solely in a consideration which she revealed to me, one evening at twilight, by the banks of the River of Silence."

Edgar Allan Poe (Eleonora)

Isabella Casati newsstand, sculptor Enrico Butti Known as "The Dying", the bronze sculpture was created between 1890 and 1891 by the famous Varese sculptor Enrico Butti on commission from Count Gian Luigi Casati Brioschi, widower of the late Isabella, who died in childbirth in 1889 at just twenty-four years of age . The young woman, descendant of the noble Airoldi family of Robbiate, is portrayed in the moment of her passing, lying lifeless on her deathbed, covered with a cloth that leaves her breast exposed, on which a crucifix is placed. Her face is turned to the side of her, her eyes squeezed shut and strands of hair scattered across her pillow. The expression is relaxed and serene, of that peace that mysteriously comes after death. In the panel behind her, made of Simona della Valcamonica stone, there is a bronze disc in which angelic hosts are depicted who ideally accompany the young woman into the afterlife. The delicate sensuality that the sculpture transmits is truly touching, so much so that it makes it one of the most poignant and admired works of the Monumentale in Milan. A work suspended between realism and symbolism, it provoked more than one criticism at the time of its inauguration, as bare breasts were considered inappropriate for a funeral context.

[ghosts-r-real-i-swear]

My mother just dies, so I will probably be sporadically active.

[lenterablog]

5 Penyebab Utama Kematian Ibu di Indonesia

Kematian ibu (maternal death) menurut definisi WHO adalah kematian selama kehamilan atau dalam periode 42 hari setelah berakhirnya kehamilan, akibat semua sebab yang terkait dengan atau diperberat oleh kehamilan atau penanganannya, tetapi bukan disebabkan oleh kecelakaan/cedera. Penyebab utama kematian ibu diklasifikasikan sebagai langsung  dan tidak langsung. Penyebab langsung: berhubungan…

[mypage4sure]

"She (Alyssa) gave birth to their third son and a few months later died of what, the maesters will tell you were complications from childbirth. The obvious issue with that is that she gave birth months prior to that. And when she was done she seemed to be completely fine. She certainly felt well enough to tell her husband that she wanted to do it 20 more times, yet poof dead and her newborn son followed her to the grave six months later."

okay correct me if I'm wrong, but does this seem like weird reasoning? Like I'm not even against the idea that the Maesters caused the Dance of the dragons, but isn't it possible to die in child birth even if you are in good health and the past child births went great?

[guldaastan]

source

[mental-mona]

TL;DR: The CDC's methodology ends up counting all deaths of a pregnant person, or sometimes even one who was pregnant at some point in the past, regardless of the actual cause of death. These researchers point out that things like car accidents should NOT fall into that category, as they are unrelated to the pregnancy itself. When the researchers counted only deaths where pregnancy was listed among the causes on the death certificate, it turns out that maternal death rates have pretty much stayed steady since 2002, with just over 10 deaths per 100,000 live births. This is in line with other countries' maternal death rates.

[aita-blorbos]

AITA for saving one boy when I could have saved three others?

So I (17f) am a ghost. And since I can't get revenge on the person who killed me, I've decided to protect a boy, J (9). J got bullied all his life by his brother T and T's friends (all male, 14-15). Because J's mother dying during childbirth was J's fault??

I can barely interact with the physical world. It drains my ghost powers. But I have been trying to help him against them. Throwing all their clothes on the branches when they went swimming. That kinda thing.

But then these idiots decided it would be funny to go to this abandoned house with J. To scare him and all that. And one of them had the great idea to start a fire.

The fire spread pretty fast and I immediately got J out of there, told him to stay where he was and got back in to save the rest. It was already draining my powers, but I knew I could save them if I was quick.

But J wanted to help and got back into the fire, only to have burning wood fall on top of him. Getting him back out there would drain my remaining power, but so would saving the other 3.

I know some people would have saved the 3 boys because it saves more lives and all that, but I saved J. Those guys bullied him and decided to start a fire. He was an innocent victim in all this and got his face badly burnt because of them.

But I still feel guilty because I couldn't save all of them

[gordicore]

A couple of months ago, my mom died. Yeah we did go through fights and stuff, but I still miss her. The image of my mom's deceased corpse lying on the hospital bed still haunts me. I cry almost every single night. I miss her so much and I wish I told her how much I loved her, even if she can be shitty sometimes

[reasonsforhope]

"India's efforts and progress in reducing preventable child deaths have been lauded as an "exemplar" by the United Nations, which cited the example of health initiatives such as Ayushman Bharat, and said the country has saved millions of young lives through strategic investments in its health system.

The United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation report, released Tuesday, cited the example of five “exemplar countries” in achieving child mortality reduction -- India, Nepal, Senegal, Ghana and Burundi -- highlighting diverse strategies that have accelerated progress in reducing preventable child deaths.

The report said these countries illustrate that with "political will, evidence-based strategies and sustained investments, even resource-constrained settings facing unique challenges can achieve substantial reductions in mortality, bringing the world closer to an end to preventable child deaths".

On India, the report said the country has made gains through health system investment...

The report highlighted that since 2000, India achieved an under-five mortality reduction of 70 per cent and a neonatal mortality reduction of 61 per cent, “driven by overlapping measures to increase health coverage, enhance available interventions and develop health infrastructure and human resources", the report said.

It cited the example of Ayushman Bharat, the world's largest health insurance scheme which provides annual coverage of nearly USD 5,500 per family per year.

It noted that every pregnant woman is entitled to free delivery (including caesarean section), and infant care provides free transport, medications, diagnostics and dietary support in public health institutions.

To ensure comprehensive coverage and equitable access to health services, India has strengthened infrastructure via the establishment of maternity waiting homes, maternal and child health wings, newborn stabilisation units, sick newborn care units, mother care units and a dedicated programme for birth defect screening, the report said...

“This ensures millions of healthy pregnancies and thriving live births each year. India has also prioritised the training and deployment of skilled birth attendants, such as midwives and community health workers, to provide appropriate maternal and child health services,” it said.

The report noted that additionally, data systems and digital surveillance of maternal, newborn and child health indicators are continuously improved to support evidence-based decision-making...

Other Countries that Did Well

The UN agency also said that several low and lower-middle-income countries have surpassed the global decline in under-five mortality since 2000.

Angola, Bhutan, Bolivia, Cabo Verde, India, Morocco, Senegal, Tanzania and Zambia have all cut their under-five mortality rate by more than two thirds since 2000.

In 2000, the country with the highest burden of under-five measles mortality was India, with only 56 per cent of infants vaccinated for measles and 189,000 deaths from measles.

By 2023, the infant measles vaccination rate had increased to 93 per cent, and under-five deaths due to the disease decreased by 97 per cent to 5,200 measles-related deaths...

Since 2000, child deaths [globally] have dropped by more than half and stillbirths by over a third, fuelled by sustained investments in child survival worldwide...

"Millions of children are alive today because of the global commitment to proven interventions, such as vaccines, nutrition, and access to safe water and basic sanitation,” UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell said.

-via India Today, March 27, 2025