Kel - Osa ®

Any man who tries to mock women who genuinely feel scared of dying during childbirth is a moron, a buffoon, and, in fact, a disgrace to his family and society. Healthcare professionals like myself, who insist that pregnancy is not a death sentence, should not be categorised as people who mock women who are afraid of dying during childbirth. In real life, we are the ones who do everything within our power to ensure that a woman carries her pregnancy to term and delivers her baby safely, without complications. And when complications arise, we manage them appropriately to prevent maternal mortality. I will never mock a pregnant woman simply because she is scared of the risks associated with pregnancy. Rather, I will counsel her appropriately and explain that pregnancy comes with risks, but it is not a death sentence. I will encourage her to register for antenatal care so that we can monitor her progress, identify risk factors for pregnancy complications, prevent or manage them early, anticipate possible complications during delivery, and prepare adequately to manage them. This is what we do every day, with empathy and professionalism. We will never mock a pregnant woman for being afraid of the risks associated with pregnancy, but we will also not accept the blanket assertion that pregnancy is a death sentence. PREGNANCY IS NOT A DEATH SENTENCE!

Don’t be a fool pls Can someone else know how you are feeling better than yourself Is that not the context of that tweet ???

This "pregnancy is not a death sentence" debate exposes one critical flaw that most women have, which is: personalising a generic fact, even for a trivial issue. For example, if you say, "most women are shorter than men," without fail, you'll have a ton of women saying, "I know a girl in my family that is taller than men." Sis, that is not the point. The point is, whether you know 4 girls in your family that are taller than men or not, on the average, most men are taller than women. If you bring it to this pregnancy argument, I notice that, especially for women who haven't birthed a child yet, they personalise the stories of those who have encountered complications in child birth and are prone to agree with the take of "pregnancy is a death sentence." The general statistic is irrelevant to a woman, either educated or not. They deal promordially on anecdotal evidence and that wiring skews objective evidence. The average global child mortality rate is 200 per 100,000 pregnant women that generate complications. Or a 0.1% mortality rate. This means that 99.9% of women that go through the path of pregnancy are delivered of successfully, globally. 99.9% is almost 100%. Should we commiserate with those who get complications during child birth? Yes. But should we drop in mindless conclusive talks on the death sentence of a natural process? No. Pregnancy is NOT a death sentence.