Birthing

The experience that I have with birthing is with my sister when my niece was born.  I was 21 yrs old and I had never witnessed a birth before.  My niece was born in January and it was a long and rough birth.  My sister went into labor at 3pm on the 3rd and my niece was born at 4:30am on the 5th.  This was after 5 hours in delivery.  My niece was stuck in the birthing canal and they were having trouble getting my sister to push because she was so exhausted.  One of the nurses had to climb onto the bed to push on the outside of my sisters stomach to help get the baby out.  They thought she was going to have to go through an emergency c-section.  Thank goodness that didn't have to take place.  It was a very stressful situation for everyone that was involved, and I was just glad that everything worked out alright.

Births in Africa
They are extremely dangerous for the woman involved.  1 in 22 women die during delivery due to the lack of access to healthcare or a trained midwife.  Many women have no choice but to give birth at home with family members beside them.  If something were to go wrong it would be several hours before help could get to them.  As there is a huge lack of transportation, many women would have to walk during labor to get help.

http://www.theguardian.com/journalismcompetition/giving-birth-the-most-dangerous-thing-an-african-woman-can-do