Pregnancy mortality rates around the globe are on the rise again. This happens most especially in developing countries. I believe this is because – more often than not—the people in these countries does not have access to the proper equipment/facilities to suit their condition. Also, medical care in developing countries is expensive. The cheapest alternative is getting a midwife but there are very few practicing midwifes out there. That is probably why vocational schools offering midwifery courses are booming in developing countries.

If people won’t start taking action they would soon loose majority of the women in their population all for the simple act of giving birth. I still believe that education is the main foundation of good reproductive health. If only proper funding will be given to all those institutions whose aim is to promote good reproductive health in men and women — then we will see less women dying because of giving birth.

There is a cliché that goes that for every life that is taken, another life is given. But should this hold true for all? I believe it is every mother’s dream to be there at every important stage of her child’s life – to see her first walk, hear her first words and all the firsts the child is going to make. A mother will take all of life’s suffering just to be able to keep her child alive. But should a mother die while giving life? I don’t think so.