An old saying in China Mainland not long ago, say 1940s of my parents days, was told like this: a lying-in woman has already set one of her feet into a coffin, her yet-to-born baby as well. Why was that? I believe it was due to lacking adequate obstetericians but relying mostly on midwives, lacking modern sanitation, and so on. Attached below is a touching story about a legendary obsteterician with great philanthropy during that time of hardship: Dr Lin Qiaozhi.
https://t.m.youth.cn/transfer/toutiao/url/3g.youth.cn/rmtj/202006/t20200610_12363126.htm?tt_group_id=6836575684677075463
Dr Lin, you are really a live Buddha, an angel sent by Heaven.