On my third shift in the hospital, I worked with an American nurse-midwife named Cathy. I helped with a couple of deliveries as she labor-sat with a 9th timer who was almost complete. It was unusual that she wasn’t just spitting her baby out. Her contractions were short and far apart.
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“THOUGHTS ON ABOVE, FEET ON THE GROUND”
By Nadene Brunk, Executive Director. My heart cries looking at this picture taken on a recent visit by Cheryl Hanna-Truscott. I cry both from the simple joy on this girl’s face as she sang a welcome to the “blans” visiting her school and from seeing that most of these children
AT A REMOTE PRENATAL CLINIC, A BABY IS BORN
A seemingly typical day is under way for the Skilled Birth Attendants (SBAs) trained by Midwives for Haiti. Their vehicle is loaded and departs from the town of Hinche. It’s a specially equipped Land Cruiser able to ford streams, climb steep, rutted dirt roads, dodge goats, dogs, donkeys and motorcycles as it
10 THINGS I’VE LEARNED SINCE WORKING IN HAITI
By Nadene Brunk, Founder and Executive Director of Midwives For Haiti Life for women in developing countries is incredibly hard. From finding water, making a fire, finding food and washing laundry, women who have no “time-saving devices” work hard all day just to keep their families fed and clean. They and
Beauty Is Everywhere
A post by volunteer midwife, Tara Elrod. The night before last we worked a night shift at Ste. Therese. Glen and I were accompanied by Keri, the doula from Connecticut who we have been blessed to meet and share this trip with, and our translator Shelly. When the sun sets
Why We Do This Work
Imagine that you are a Haitian woman. Your name is Carmina, and you live in Haiti about one hour from the border of the Dominican Republic and two hours from the nearest hospital in Hinche. You are pregnant and you have been in labor all day and are exhausted. You