"Every day 1,500 women [worldwide] die due to complications in pregnancy or childbirth. 10,000 babies per day [worldwide] die within the first month of life and an equal number of babies are born dead. Skilled care around the time of birth would greatly reduce the number of these needless deaths."
"If we want to achieve Millennium Development Goal 5 and improve maternal health, we need to invest in midwives. Worldwide, more than 330,000 additional midwives are urgently needed. If based in a facility one midwife can attend up to 220 deliveries per year." as quoted from Midwives: a worldwide commitment to women and the newborn.
Although I love caring for women and their families here in America, my ultimate goal as a midwife is to serve poor women of the developing world. Which country is on my heart? At this time, I don't know. But we regularly seek God and wait patiently for our mission.
