First-time mom dies days after giving birth; how Texas is tackling high maternal mortality rate

AUSTIN (KXAN) — For nine months, Michelle and Chris Zavala could not wait to take portraits with their newborn baby girl, Clara. The baby was born two weeks early and the pregnancy wasn’t an easy one.
“She was considered a high-risk pregnancy,” said Chris, Michelle’s husband. “And, at 35 apparently they consider you a geriatric pregnancy,”
Michelle developed gestational diabetes which she controlled with a healthy diet. Chris says his wife’s labor