During the War in Vietnam the cry
was often heard
This war is a lost cause the chances
of winning absurd
Why not declare victory and leave
No more flag draped coffins with
family members to grieve
In the 50’s another war was being
waged
A concerted effort to maternity
deaths engage
Modern medicine managed to reduce
deaths to one in 1,000 births
The battle had been won, modern
medicine had proved its worth
Then in the 60’s the battle lines and
focus shifted to the fetus in the womb
Prenatal care, ultra sound, prenatal
operations anything to save the fetus the doctors could assume
Lost in the shuffle maternal
mortality began to rise
Soon we had again the highest rate
in the developed world of maternal child birth demise
Finally California a state which records
one eighth of U.S. births each year
Declared war, assembled teams of
doctors, nurses and health professionals to on the battle lines appear
Hard to believe that a state in which
the quality of life is in the dumps
Could the risk of maternal death
slowly but surely begin to trump
The answer fortunately for women was
a resounding yes
Focus on maternal care and maternal
deaths are 55 percent less
Great strides to reduce the risk of
a child growing up without a mom
Thanks to dedicated teams working at
birth with great aplomb
© July 30, 2018 Michael P.
Ridley the Alaskanpoet a
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