“When my mum went through a complicated birth with my brother, she was told by my great-grandmother: ‘**If it had been back in my day, dear, you would have just died**.’ In just a few generations we’ve made pregnancy tens – in some countries, hundreds – of times safer. ([Location 579](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=579))” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]][[optimism]], [[conditional-optimism]], [[progressing-slowly]], [[technology]], [[gratitude]], [[parenting]], [[type-one-diabetes]] **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]