As my mother would put it was easy. It was a normal birth without any complication.
The country that I chose was Ethopia. As it states in the article traditionally when labor starts, the birth woman would go to the house of her mother. All of the men leave the house when she arrive at her mother's house, the women of the village gather to provide support and encouragement. The women of the village stay with the birthing mother through out her labor, one woman near her head and one behind her supporting her and hpold her up. When the awaledje arrives she brings her only tools: a razor blade, some string and the leaves of the castor bean plant. They sing and tell stories and stay with the birthing woman for as long as the labor lasts. Children are allowed in but children under the age 7 are not allowed in. The birth ritual is steeped in the Christian religion.
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