I have not had the experience of giving birth or being in direct contact with anyone who is in the delivery room. I have had conversations with relatives and close friends on their birth experiences. I feel each women has her own personal experience based any many factors that took place during their nine months.
In the past I have heard about the traumatic experiences women of Africa have involving birth. The rate of women dying from childbirth complications is three times higher than women in other countries. This is largely because women In Africa do not get the proper medical care they need during their pregnancies. There have been plenty of women have been plenty of women who have died during childbirth simply because they had inadequate care or no care at all during pregnancy. Midwives have provided care to women in many African countries but have been forced to move to other areas in the nation due to lack of pay. In result, African "healers" in Mozambique have been trained to serve as midwives. Since this, there has been a noticeable drop in infant mortality. Government officials are working on campaigns to get mothers in hospitals and classes during their pregnancies. This will hopefully result in successful pregnancies.
I hope in the future these conditions change. Women all over the world have the right to have adequate care during a pregnancy. I do understand that the living condition in Africa are different as compared to other countries.
In Africa, Overcoming the Risks of Childbirth
By Charlayne Hunter-Gaults
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5628726
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