If you haven’t been to work with us in Haiti, it is often difficult to comprehend the reality of childbirth in such a poor, under-resourced country. Birth is not always a happy, joyous occasion. Many times, it is a fight for survival. Ensuring all Haitian women have access to skilled
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“WHO’S THAT WHITE WOMAN?”
I only was walking through. I was not staying. I was bringing something to the midwives. Not staying. But I can see as I walk by that a mother is in a coma and the sister is holding her baby. The father is crying and holding his wife. I cannot
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