"a pregnant woman has one foot in the grave"

Pregnant Mother

I have come across a very disturbing saying that " a pregnant woman has one foot in the grave". this sort of answers while in  many African traditions women will congraturate a woman who has successfully given birth. In Uganda people will say kulika omwana which literally translates to "well survived". That means people are not just happy about the new life but sincerely welcoming the mother from a the "grave".

Tragically, up to 1 in 11 women don't live to see the happiness they anticipated when pregnant. they lose life trying to give life. Some who survive, live with horrifying experiences and complications that forever alter their quality of life. 

 I therefore ask why on earth women should continue to die of same preventable causes in 21 st century as it was in stone age yet, we have the means and skills to combat it. it is inconceivable 

This blog is ideally meant to document stories of people who narrowly survived this tragedy or those parents, loved ones and neighbors never made it, to express themselves so that together we can garner the support needed to change some thing