Originally posted by Woolie Wool
But what about the husband (if there is one)? I would imagine that the death of a wife is far more traumatic than the death of a baby. And if the mother is the only parent and by some "miracle" the mother dies and the baby survives, what future is there for the baby? I highly doubt they have the kind of orphanages and foster homes that we have in the boondocks of Mexico.
You have no idea how dangerous a surgical procedure is in the conditions of a normal house, especially the kind of house you'd find belonging to a poor person in rural Mexico. It's like playing Russian roulette, except with four rounds in the cylinder instead of one.
No, the death of a child is much more traumatic, because the mother has lived a lot of her life, the child has not yet even begun. The mother did what she was supposed to, have kids. The kid's done nothing yet.
