Giving birth was so risky that they feared for their lives. In the United States, just 100 years ago, women were roughly 100 times more likely to die in childbirth than they are today.
妈妈告诉我，那是因为孕妇不知道她们是否还有机会再次穿上那双鞋。对她们来说，生孩子是要冒着生命危险的。而在100年前的美国，妇女难产死亡的概率是今天的100倍。