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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By “know six moms who died of sepsis” they mean they read about it on one of those Facebook groups that demonizes hospitals.

Listen, guys, we actually have this thing called “statistics” so we actually do know what is safer, which in the United States is hospital births.  It’s not some unknowable mystery.  If you want to play Russian roulette have at it but don’t pretend it’s a logic-based decision.  [/quote]

Maternal mortality risk is not spread evenly across the US geographically or demographically.  If you're white and have healthcare, your maternal mortality odds are the same as in other developed nations, but if you're black and especially if you live in states like Louisiana and Alabama and/or you're from a lower SES, chances are pretty good you'll personally know women who've died in childbirth.

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Six women?[/quote]

And not just six women but six women who died of sepsis after giving birth.  Uh huh.  [/quote]

It's not that common, unless you are including women who came INTO the hospital with infection already underway (like chorioamnionitis). Do you know how many women in the US die of puerperal sepsis in the US every year, even including those that came in with infection already brewing?

I'll wait for your answer. [/quote]

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