Keep a fragile newborn alive
The first two years carry the highest mortality risk of any age until old age; parents cannot assess it themselves.
Where Mortality meets Infancy. Everyone dies, and unusually among animals, knows it in advance. That advance knowledge is what makes life insurance, wills, trusts, hospice, monuments, and religion possible. Mortality is also the only constant that produces businesses serving people who no longer exist, paid fo…
2 frictions
The mother's body and mind must recover from birth
Postpartum haemorrhage, depression, and pelvic-floor injury are common and under-treated; the baby's arrival hides the mother's recovery.
3 solutions built for it
Postpartum care and maternal mental health, Pelvic-floor physical therapy and Therapy and counselling.