12 year old dies in childbirth.

veloelle · September 2009

No. Excuse.

https://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/14/yemen.childbirth.death/index.html

joseysbride · September 2009

Three days?!?! This is one of the most awful things I've ever read.

xbrooklyngrl · September 2009

I read this earlier. Its just awful.

eclaires · September 2009

You know as much as I bitchand complain about the state of our country and what I think is wrong, sometimes I think I need a reminder of what else is out there.

I cannot imagine growing up in an environment where I would be married at 12 - and even moreso, I cannot imagine raising a daughter in that environment. Just horrifying.

Rebekah1021 · September 2009

How sad. No matter how poor I was, I would never sell her off for a marriage. I guess I just do not understand it.

femmegem · September 2009

That makes me feel so sick. How horrible for that poor child.

emiliemadison · September 2009

That is outrageous and disgusting. She was TWELVE! Twelve year old bodies are not physiologically designed to give birth, even if one is able to achieve a pregnancy. The fact that she was pregnant (married...pulled from school...) in the first place is beyond my scope of comprehension right now. I'm sickened and saddened.

LestaMarie · September 2009

eclaires:

You know as much as I bitchand complain about the state of our country and what I think is wrong, sometimes I think I need a reminder of what else is out there.

I cannot imagine growing up in an environment where I would be married at 12 - and even moreso, I cannot imagine raising a daughter in that environment. Just horrifying.

Well said. It makes me realize just how many people would love to have my "problems."

4Speedy · September 2009

I was working at a hospital in the good old US and watched a 12 year old labor for 2 hours. It was horrible to see. She had been in labor for 8 hours before I got there. Finally, a doctor called for a C-sect because there was no way her pelvis was ready for a vag delivery. I have no idea why it took that long or why they made her labor for 10 hours when they knew the outcome was going to be a C-sect.

In the end, she was fine. At least medically.

katie277s · September 2009

How awful.

AnnapolisLari · September 2009

There was a 12 year old who was pregnant at my old school. She turned 13 right before she gave birth. I saw her that summer, and she had the baby with her. She looked about 1000 years old as she told me that being a mom was the hardest thing she'd ever done.

Her parents had kicked her out, too. Nice