Midrash for Shabbat 2:6
עַל שָׁלשׁ עֲבֵרוֹת נָשִׁים מֵתוֹת בִּשְׁעַת לֵדָתָן, עַל שֶׁאֵינָן זְהִירוֹת בַּנִּדָּה וּבַחַלָּה וּבְהַדְלָקַת הַנֵּר:
For three transgressions women die in childbirth [in time of danger, where there is a risk to life]: for laxity in (observance of the laws of) niddah, (the separation of) challah, and the kindling of the (Sabbath) lamp. [Because they (the last two) are household needs, and she is generally found at home, they are relegated to her.]
Midrash Tanchuma
R. Yosé the son of Hanina declared: We have learned that women die in childbirth because of three transgressions they commit. But why in childbirth? Because Satan always brings charges against a person in a time of danger.2Highway travel and pregnancy were both considered dangerous, and Satan brings charges against a person when he endangers his life. See Tan. Noah 1, M. Shabbat 2:6.
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