Babies born in Cuba, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland have a better chance of surviving after childbirth than babies born in the United States. The early moments of mother infant bonding are more important than we know. We are more technologically advanced in our country and we are not doing any better and we’re actually doing worse, we spend more money per mom and baby then anywhere else in the world and we are getting worse results. Why? How can this be true in America? It is true, and parents need to step up and educate themselves with the information they need to have a safe and beautiful birth.
Debby Takikawa director of the film What Babies Want is making a film to bring light to this topic. Her intent with this video is to encourage policy makers to consider a health care system that holds prevention of these calamities as a high priority. The midwifery model of care for healthy low-risk women is a simple solution which addresses many of these issues simultaneously.
She is advocating for a health care system in which it will be standard procedure for mothers and babies to thrive and not merely survive through birth and early life. She believes the midwifery model of care will save our health care system millions of dollars each year.
If you are inspired visit her website Reducing Infant Mortality
