Births!!

One of the traditional birth attendants (TBA) that we met with was super busy and with a woman (otherwise known as a 15 year old girl) that just gave birth. She was beautiful, but exhausted. The baby was struggling to breath so we were going to leave, but the TBA told us to stay. I was trying to give the mama support by playing with her hair/head and being calm. The TBA pulled out the placenta by the cord- just pulled it out without a warning- and out it came. Blood everywhere. The TBA asked me to hand her some cotton behind me and I paused for a second before handing it to her with my bare hands. T.I.A.- “This is Africa”- as our driver would say.
The TBA helped with another birth 15 minutes later