This is a story of a female doctor who almost became a statistic of maternal mortality.
The US has the highest maternal mortality rate in the industrialized world.
And she survived the horror of her C section delivery by only a miracle of teamwork and luck.
Don't read if you're squeamish. Do read if you want to get a reality check on how women die from 'normal' conditions in childbirth when they're actually too old to have children safely.
https://slate.com/technology/2023/11/childbirth-death-united-states-advanced-maternal-age.html?utm_source=pocket-newtab-en-us 

 Probably because we import significant amounts of the non industrialized world.