Experts: U.S. childbirth deaths on rise
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070824/ap_on_he_me/dying_from_childbirth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070824/capt.7802e5390b0149b1b4eb5e5e514250f0.dying_from_childbirth_ny117.jpg?x=130&y=87&sig=IiupISm47rRS7yKg026.0A--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="In this handout photo from Tim Davis his wife Elizabeth, is shown with their sons Matthew, left and Jacob, right, during a trip to Virginia beach in August 2000. She was pregnant at the time and died a month later after the birth of the child. U.S. women are dying from childbirth at the highest rate in decades, new government figures show. Though the risk of death is very small, experts believe increasing maternal obesity and a jump in Caesarean sections are partly to blame. (AP Photo/HANDOUT PHOTO/TIM DAVIS) NO SALES" border="0" /></a>AP - U.S. women are dying from childbirth at the highest rate in decades, new government figures show. Though the risk of death is very small, experts believe increasing maternal obesity and a jump in Caesarean sections are partly to blame.</p><br clear="all"/>

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