Meet some families

A few photos of some beloved families from the clinic.

I've been working mostly with families coming in from the "fields" as they say here, with very very little, still almost everyone has a mobile phone. To announce a few generalizations here: almost every woman has experienced a pretty decent tear, the theory here is that folks are very malnourished because of an increase in white rice production thus decreasing tissue integrity. Also there are occasionally sad faces with a family having just birthed another daughter. But there are wonderful things too: dads are very involved in labor; cooing, massaging, and perpetually smiling.  Also I never know what any of the babies' names are before they leave here because there is typically a three-day naming ceremony, which sounds very fun--so I have to wait for a postnatal visit to learn all these newest little folks' names.