Dangerous Deliveries: Pregnant Women Become Untouchable In Ebola Stricken Countries

◼ If a person can get treatment, he or she has nearly a 40 percent chance of surviving Ebola. But for a pregnant woman and her fetus, Ebola is almost a death sentence. One small study found a fatality rate around 95 percent. The woman invariably passes the virus to the fetus. And the fetus dies before labor, or it's born and dies shortly after. - NPR

The devastation doesn't stop there.

Both the baby and the woman's amniotic fluid are flooded with Ebola virus — and are highly infectious.

"After a few days, the midwife who did that delivery came down with Ebola," (Lucy) Bahr says. "She spent 21 days in a treatment center. It was only by the grace of God that she recovered."

Many other midwives haven't been so lucky.

Right outside Bahr's office is a whiteboard. There are about three-dozen photos taped on it. At the top, it says, "Nurses and midwives who have died during the Ebola crisis."