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On average a woman in rural India gives birth to 5-7 children, working through each pregnancy and often continuing to work as early as 1 or 2 days post-delivery. Lack of proper care and attention during pregnancy and childbirth has led to alarming rates of maternal mortality caused namely by severe bleeding, infections, obstructed labour, and blood clots. While women struggle to support the household and tend to their babies, their children often face malnutrition, lack of access to clean water causing dehydration and diarrhea, inadequate immunizations due to poor medical infrastructure, often culminating in infant mortality.