Editorial|Editorial
Giving birth in Finland is still very safe, and only about three per thousand of births the child dies. Still, it’s a problem if, due to savings, childbirth has become scary for expectant mothers.
Finland the low birth rate has been on display a lot. According to Statistics Finland’s latest preliminary data, the number of births last year was the lowest in more than 150 years, and in addition, the total fertility rate is about to remain the lowest in the history of measurements.
At the same time, there has been a discussion in which mothers have talked about their fears of childbirth. These conversations have crossed paths from time to time, but usually they have gone their own way. However, those who are worried about the low birth rate should also listen to mothers’ childbirth experiences as long as many couples in Finland do not have the number of children they wish for.
The speeches concerns began to gain visibility late last year after the baby died to the womb, when his mother, despite her several requests for help, was not taken care of in the congested Jorvi in Espoo. It properly highlighted a long-standing concern of families and professionals. When the labor ward has too few staff in relation to the number of births, births are forced to stay at home as long as possible.
About the same a recent statistic also says, according to which the share of unplanned out-of-hospital births among all births has doubled in ten years. Throughout the country, babies are born either on the way to the hospital or unplanned at home about four times per thousand births. In the Capital Region and Uusimaa, the number was already five in 2021.
In the rest of the country, the explanation is more often a long journey, but in Uusimaa, the overcrowding of maternity wards.
Giving birth in Finland is still very safe, and only about three per thousand of births the child dies. Still, it is a big problem if, as a result of savings, childbirth has become scary for expectant mothers.
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Story edited 5.2. 4:45 p.m.: Removed photo from story. The child’s social security number could be deduced from the picture.
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