When Loss is Part of Birth
By Rhoda Baughman, CLE, CLD, CBE, DEM
Today when we talk about birth we don’t often think about death. We just assume that one will go to the hospital and have a good birth experience with a healthy baby as the outcome. Many of us believe that loss won’t happen to us and that death in birth only occurs in some poor, isolated country. All too often we have some misguided thought that death doesn’t happen with a doctor or in a hospital.
The simple fact is the United States loses more babies and moms than thirty other industrialized countries. I know that death can be a very hard subject to talk about, but it is one that we should not be afraid to look at and explore. read more......
