Opinion: It will take a village to solve the epidemic of maternal deaths in the U.S.
The phrase "maternal death" tends to conjure up images of uncontrollable bleeding after delivery or the Cesarean section that goes terribly wrong. But two-thirds of maternal deaths happen either before…
The phrase “maternal deaths” tends to conjure up images of awful complications of delivery: uncontrollable bleeding after birth or the Cesarean section that goes terribly wrong. But these heartbreaking catastrophes account for the minority of maternal deaths.
Two-thirds of them happen either before birth or more than a week after delivery. In most cases, the woman is home when whatever will kill her — uncontrolled high blood pressure, heart failure, blood clots, suicide, drug overdose
