I knew the risks of having a baby at 45

Misleading title, and amusingly the banner title is different than the (accurate) title from the actual <title> tag: “Death during childbirth: I knew the risks of having a baby at 45. I wasn’t ready.”

> I worried that she wasn’t more worried. It was the emergency doc in me, always defaulting to the worst possible outcome, I told myself. I reminded myself that this was not my show.

Strong disagree here. You're at the hospital, they are working on you, this is most certainly your show. I worked in a hospital for years and have many PhD friends that have a really hard time grokking this. I'm not anti-medical establishment, but this attitude among doctors needs to die.

Fascinating read. Especially as the author is both patient and doctor. The surgical team waiting for the bleeding to stop with the patient opened for six hours. What a wake for the living if ever there was one.