Save A Mother's Life
What price can you put on the value of a mother to her family and her community?
Mya, a 39 year old woman who lives in Tamu, a poor village in Myanmar (Burma), came to Marie Stopes when she was 28 weeks pregnant. She couldn't afford ante natal care or a midwife. This was her ninth pregnancy. She had 6 children and 2 stillborn babies.
The Marie Stopes team visited her at home and educated Mya and her husband about danger signs when giving birth. The delivery of her baby was followed by heavy bleeding causing Mya to lose consciousness. Thankfully she was taken to hospital immediately for emergency obstetric care supported by Marie Stopes who also covered the cost of transport to the hospital.
As a result, Mya made a full recovery and all seven of her children still have a mother. Imagine what might have become of them if she had died. After learning about family planning choices from a Marie Stopes nurse, she commenced using contraceptives as she has decided seven children are enough.
This is one of thousands of stories about how Marie Stopes saves mothers’ lives by providing reproductive choices. Marie Stopes International Australia needs your help today please Donate Now. You can make a real difference by donating to Marie Stopes’ Christmas Appeal.
In developing countries, we know that if a baby’s mother dies the baby is then 10 times more likely to die before their second birthday. Tragically, most of the complications women die from in pregnancy and childbirth are preventable. Marie Stopes is working to provide women in developing countries with education, information and affordable high quality sexual and reproductive health services, allowing them to make informed choices about birth spacing and family planning that benefit them, their family and their community.
In developing countries a woman dies every minute due to lack of access to maternal care.
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Please consider that even a small monthly donation can go a long way to saving women’s lives, as you can see by the donation examples on this page. For as little as $43 per month MSIA can send a Family Planning midwife into a community for a day to provide contraceptives and medical advice.
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(Note: Your donation will be distributed by MSIA to provide the most needed services to the people of the Asia Pacific region).