I mean yes women die from birth, but the huge majority do not, and that’s been true since before we had modern medicine when the mortality rate was between 1-2%.
For comparison, roughly 5-6x as many people die from diarrheal based diseases per year.
Edit: apparently calling attention to the fact that over 99% of women do not die from giving birth in an effort to stop fear mongering is upsetting to Redditors.
But the fact that women can and do die wasn’t enough for men to take the warnings seriously?
I ask again: Did you all think we were just being dramatic? It sounds like you guys didn’t take women’s accounts of how traumatic childbirth can be seriously when you got a woman pregnant.
You can die at any moment. Anything can kill you. That's why danger of death isn't taken seriously unless it's super common.
I think a good example is that people don't go to restaurants thinking it will be their last meal just because people die from food poisoning, people go to restaurants expecting a meal and to leave happy.
Typically people will go to give birth thinking it will all go well. I rarely see stories about mother's dying at birth, I don't think I know anyone who's mother died at birth. (though I do know a lot of stories about babies dying at birth..) Not saying it doesn't happen, but it's not something that should be a big worry I think
I'm not saying you were being dramatic or not taken seriously, but that it's quite uncommon to see that type of death on the news. Maybe I'm alone in that.
Also I do think hope is the better word here, but that's pretty much what I was trying to say.
I never said death was the only consequence, I was just only referring to your comment about death and explaining why it apparently isn't a concern to many people.
And I focused on your comment about death and only the death part. Never mentioned anything else, because I only had thoughts on the death bit.
I also never said it wouldn't be traumatic, or anything about trauma, I was only giving a reason as to why people wouldn't be worried about death. Maybe you should work on your reading comprehension?
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u/ringed_city_117 Apr 24 '26 edited Apr 24 '26
I mean yes women die from birth, but the huge majority do not, and that’s been true since before we had modern medicine when the mortality rate was between 1-2%.
For comparison, roughly 5-6x as many people die from diarrheal based diseases per year.
Edit: apparently calling attention to the fact that over 99% of women do not die from giving birth in an effort to stop fear mongering is upsetting to Redditors.