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When I already had
my four children…

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I started to dream that
I delivered babies.

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I dreamt once...

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that a person came,
a man, looking for me,

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for me to tend to his wife.

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Her contractions
had already started.

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And I said to him:

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“I can’t go because
I’m not a midwife”.

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And he said
"No, doña Rafa...

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my wife told me not to leave
here without you,

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you are coming with me."

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So then I thought...

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I’ll go let my husband know.

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And when I came in to ask him
to go talk to this person,

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I couldn’t find him.

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What I did find...

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was an old man
sitting in a corner of my house,

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with long hair,
and a long beard,

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in a white dress.

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And he went like this.

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And I said “No”.
And he went like this again.

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It was then when I came inside
and I knelt down

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in front of him,
and I placed my head on his knees.

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He touched my head
and said to me “Go my child,

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Do not fear, for I
will be with you”.

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He held my hand
and stood me up.

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I went outside, looked over at him again,
and we smiled at each other.

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And I went outside

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and I saw everything,
the entire delivery.

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I delivered it like that,
I wasn´t afraid.

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I woke up.

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A DREAM CHANGED HER LIFE

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It was that same place
where they took me in the dream

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where I delivered my first baby.

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I learned everything
from dreams.

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My hands were guided.

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So they still have
that power

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to feel what I feel
in the womb.

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Doña Tina...

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- Good morning.
- Good morning.

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Doña Tina is that you?

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Yes, I’m here.

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Hello. How are you?
Good morning.

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Good morning.
What’s wrong?

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Hello, a friend of ours recommended you,
his name is Pastor.

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Do you know him?
The baker.

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How are you?

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Good.

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We came from the market.

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Hello.
Nice to meet you, I am Wilbert.

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Nice to meet you.

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Don’t breathe.

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Two sips.

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Do you feel anything?

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It’s bitter.

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Lay down.

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- Do I unzip my shorts?
- Yes.

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Ah... doña Tina,

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We’re here because
we’ve been trying for many years.

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Eight or nine years
give or take.

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We haven’t been able to...

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We’ve been to gynecologists,
to three different gynecologists, right?

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-They give us treatment.
- They drag their feet.

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- What they find.
- For money because we’ve already spent a lot.

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They told us...

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“I know a woman from my town
her name is doña Tina.

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You could go see her,
she’s in Hocabá.”

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You can.

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There is nothing wrong with you.
No cysts or anything. You can have children.

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You can carry children,
you don’t have a cyst or anything.

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There’s nothing wrong with you.

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There’s some people that
when I hold them like this

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I can feel the bumps
of their cyst.

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But there’s nothing wrong
with you.

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Supposedly when you have a
cyst you can’t…

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- Yes...
- …get pregnant.

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The other girl
who came to see me,

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said the same thing.

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She said the doctor
only robbed her,

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and nothing worked.

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So when I examined her
I told her the same thing.

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There’s nothing wrong with you,
you can have children.

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Just like now, I prepared
some warm medicine for her,

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I told her to drink it.
And I rubbed her.

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- And then I asked her “Do you believe in herbs?”
- She said yes.

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“How couldn’t I believe? With everything
it cost me with the doctor and nothing.”

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Ok then.
I gave her her medicine.

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And she asked me,
“when should I come back?”

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When you’re in your first month.

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OK.

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Three months later

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she sent word with Lety.

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- Oh, she sent word to you.
- Yes.

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That she was pregnant.

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I rubbed her.

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And when I saw

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that she was pregnant, I told her
that I could feel right then

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if it was a boy or a girl.

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“How can you tell?”
She asked me.

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I can feel it, I told her.

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Just by rubbing you can tell
if it’s a girl or a boy?

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Yes, from the first month.

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You can feel it right now.

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I can hear your tummy,

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because of what you drank.

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The thing is

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your bladder is too low.

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Just that.

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For what it’s worth I was

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asking around and you are
highly recommended around town.

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You’re well known around town.

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- Yes.
- Everyone

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even the tricimoto,

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you just get on the trici: “Take me to Doña Tina’s”
they bring you right to my doorstep.

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- That’s actually how we got here.
- Yes.

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I told them, because
we didn’t know how to get here.

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God willing,

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you’ll be calling on Pastor
to be a Godfather.

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We’re punishing you,
you haven’t had any breakfast.

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No, I haven’t.

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I was fasting for this.

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As soon as we’re done

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get yourself some pozole.

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There’s a saying in town

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when someone’s pregnant we say,
“Her pozole has brewed”.

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That’s what we say,
Ts'o'ok u wolik u zk’eeyem (In Mayan).

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I have two godsons who
don’t recognize me. (In Mayan)

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So you did recognize me. (In Mayan)

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You didn’t know who this
mestiza was. (In Mayan)

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I wanted to dance a jarana
with the mestiza. (In Mayan)

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A jarana? We don’t
have a musician. (In Mayan)

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It’s the biggest tree,
and the prettiest.

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The ceiba.

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Here in Chumbec
I am the... the doctor.

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The midwife, everything.

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If someone gets hurt
"Take them to doña Rafa".

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If you’re sick, if you have colic,
with doña Rafa.

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They come to me, and I do as
much as I can.

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I give them medicine, prepare them
a tea, whatever they need.

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We treat whatever…

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Whatever the problem.
And that’s how we help the town.

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That’s how it works
over here,

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here in Chumbec.
We’re here to serve.

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- Hello darling, when did you get here?
- On Friday.

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¿Where do they rub you?
¿In town?

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I haven’t been rubbed.

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Oh Clara,
you need to get rubbed.

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Since your third month, hija.

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- ¿Who?
-Um... Carme...

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- ¿Carme?
- Carme is pregnant.

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- ¿She is?
- Yes.

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- She gets rubbed?
- Yes...

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I think Carme is the last one,

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her daughter in law, doña.

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Elsy.

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Elena was pregnant too.

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She had her baby
in my house.

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She was feeling fine,
she stood up,

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she went to the bathroom all by herself,
sat down, had breakfast.

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- Everything went well, thank God.
- That’s good.

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When you’re not afraid everything
goes well, it’s when you’re scared…

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- that’s where there’s problems...
- Problems arise, that’s right.

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- ¿Do you remember that you rubbed me once?
- Yes...

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Yes, that’s how
I had my daughter.

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- I had my daughter.
- That’s good, that’s good.

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- She’s all grown up now, take care of her.
- She’s grown...

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And take care of your pregnancy,
because

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you already lost two.

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- I lost two.
- You have to be very careful.

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- Yes.
- Take care.

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- Ok doña Nana, thank you.
- Ok now.

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- Ok.
- You know I’m here for you.

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- I’ll be here.
- Ok doña Nana.

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Fine, then. See you.

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I live here in Chumbec.

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I have delivered many babies here,
almost the entire town

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I’ve delivered their babies.
And I’ve delivered…

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The... what do you call it?
The second generation.

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They all got married, and when they have
their babies they come to me.

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My husband used to say
"You’re already on the second generation".

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That’s why they respect me.
Wherever they see me.

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"Doña Rafa, good evening" or
"Godmother, good afternoon".

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Like those two gentlemen over there,
they call me godmother.

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- Hello.
- Hello, come in.

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I’m here to see your baby.

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I’m just going to touch you.

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Oh, your baby is jumping.

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Rub some moisturizer
on your bellybutton.

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Over at doña Nat’s
they had a girl.

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She was already wearing
her ballerinas.

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- ¿She was born already?
-  Yes, two months ago.

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I went over to tie her yesterday.

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What is that, tying?

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She didn’t know either.

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We start to…
when it’s done

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I come to tie you.

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I start from the tip of
your toes, everything.

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I tighten everything with clothes so that
you won’t get any headaches or bellyaches.

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That’s why you
need to be tied, that way

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you won’t suffer, you won’t have any
back pains or headaches.

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right after you have your baby.

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It’s usually two months

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but if it’s a C-Section,
six months.

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Yours is coming along very well,
your baby.

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You’re almost there, thank God.

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I’m 18 years old.

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I’m five months pregnant.

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Doña Tina was recommended
to me, she rubs me.

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It’s very nice because

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she puts the baby in place.

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Before she came

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my belly was very tender,
it hurt.

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And now that she’s rubbed me,
it doesn’t hurt anymore.

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I feel more comfortable.

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I don’t feel comfortable
when doctors touch me.

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She’s a woman

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and she’s wise,

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she has experience.

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So yes.

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I feel comfortable with her
I trust her.

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This is why I keep my fingernails short
so that I won’t scratch you.

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Many things are being lost,

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grandmother also taught us,
she was also a midwife,

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she knew that

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when there’s a full moon,
many babies are born.

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Because the moon is
said to have a lot of energy.

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Some babies come early.

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She used to say…

00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:13.375
“Mother Moon... (In Mayan)

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(In Mayan)

00:18:17.041 --> 00:18:20.875
(In Mayan)

00:18:21.041 --> 00:18:24.291
(In Mayan)

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(In Mayan)

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Midwifery is very important
in the community.

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Because they are qualified
people

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appointed precisely for this labor.

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In the community
there are currently

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four midwifes

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who detect,

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control and sometimes,

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refer these patients

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when needed.

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Doña Tina, how are you?

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Good morning.
To what do I owe the pleasure?

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When there’s a problem,
some condition

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or they identify a pregnancy
they are the ones in charge of…

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manintaining a strict supervision.

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Thank you doctor
I’m very...

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There is still this tradition
when a woman feels…

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or suspects

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that she is pregnant,

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they always reach out to someone they trust.
Someone who can

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guide them or
confirm their suspicion

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before they can trust
a doctor or a nurse.

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So coming to these designated
women in the community

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is always the first step.

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These women known as midwifes.

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Either for a rub or for some advice.
Whatever they need.

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They then refer them to us,

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they come here to the clinic
already suspecting a pregnancy.

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So our midwifes are a pillar

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of the community.

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- Hey, does your friend speak Mayan?
- No, he doesn’t. (In Mayan)

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- Where are you going doña Tina?
- You don’t speak Mayan, do you?

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Oh, that’s why I said to him “you don’t speak Mayan”
I’m going to give you some candy.

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So...

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What about you Manuel?

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Give me some too. (In Mayan)

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Here, have some. (In Mayan)

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For you to take care of your wife, so she doesn’t
get pregnant, if she does, I’ll help you.

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(Mayan)

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- (Mayan)
- Sure.

00:23:23.125 --> 00:23:24.500
Ok, if I need more,
I’ll let you know.

00:23:24.583 --> 00:23:27.625
Sure. (In Mayan)

00:23:27.708 --> 00:23:28.791
Sure.

00:23:28.875 --> 00:23:32.708
(In Mayan)

00:23:32.833 --> 00:23:35.833
At the moment, we are pushing for planification,
to avoid unplanned pregnancies. (In Mayan)

00:23:35.916 --> 00:23:38.125
To lower the birth rate. (In Mayan)

00:23:38.250 --> 00:23:41.583
That’s right. That way
I can get some rest. (In Mayan)

00:23:41.666 --> 00:23:43.833
Thank you for everything. (In Mayan)

00:23:43.958 --> 00:23:45.333
- Ok then.
- See you doña Tina.

00:23:45.458 --> 00:23:47.791
- Ok.
- Ok.

00:24:07.541 --> 00:24:10.291
Come inside.

00:24:10.583 --> 00:24:13.666
You can come through here darling.

00:24:15.291 --> 00:24:18.291
Lay down right here.

00:24:25.625 --> 00:24:26.500
Right there.

00:24:26.583 --> 00:24:28.666
Very good.

00:24:29.291 --> 00:24:31.583
Take off your underwear,

00:24:31.750 --> 00:24:34.750
so that I can examine you.

00:24:41.083 --> 00:24:44.791
Let’s see if there’s pain.

00:24:45.375 --> 00:24:48.375
That’s it, very good.

00:24:52.250 --> 00:24:55.250
- Is there pain? Push a little bit.
- Yes.

00:24:55.875 --> 00:24:58.875
A bit more, just like that.

00:24:59.625 --> 00:25:01.416
Very good.

00:25:02.041 --> 00:25:04.041
Very good.

00:25:04.125 --> 00:25:05.291
You can let go.

00:25:05.333 --> 00:25:06.041
Let go.

00:25:06.125 --> 00:25:08.291
That’s it.

00:25:14.333 --> 00:25:16.083
Here comes another one.

00:25:16.291 --> 00:25:17.833
Here comes another one.

00:25:18.041 --> 00:25:21.291
Push a little bit,
just a little bit more.

00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:24.500
To get the baby into place
because it’s turning.

00:25:24.666 --> 00:25:26.500
That’s right.

00:25:26.625 --> 00:25:28.708
That’s it darling, that’s it.

00:25:28.916 --> 00:25:30.125
Is the neck all right?

00:25:30.208 --> 00:25:31.458
- The neck is fine.
- It is?

00:25:31.583 --> 00:25:34.291
Yes. That’s it, very good.

00:25:34.375 --> 00:25:37.166
Can you feel this?
That’s the sac.

00:25:37.250 --> 00:25:38.833
That’s the baby’s water.

00:25:39.041 --> 00:25:41.416
It’s going very well darling,
very well.

00:25:51.125 --> 00:25:53.000
There you go.

00:25:53.250 --> 00:25:56.000
That’s good.

00:26:05.833 --> 00:26:06.625
Ok.

00:26:06.791 --> 00:26:07.958
That’s good.

00:26:08.208 --> 00:26:09.375
Slowly.

00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:11.458
That’s it.

00:26:12.750 --> 00:26:14.083
That’s it.

00:26:15.250 --> 00:26:16.666
Drink your tea.

00:26:22.875 --> 00:26:25.250
I was looking for this wisdom

00:26:25.333 --> 00:26:28.291
very personal and ancestral

00:26:28.458 --> 00:26:32.541
of midwifery, this trust

00:26:32.666 --> 00:26:35.541
that midwifery

00:26:35.875 --> 00:26:38.416
has in the power of women.

00:26:38.583 --> 00:26:41.250
I have always connected
to that.

00:26:41.416 --> 00:26:46.875
So for me, it was always my
first choice to have a midwife.

00:26:46.958 --> 00:26:52.708
I knew that in Mexico
there was a

00:26:52.833 --> 00:26:55.666
Community of Midwives.

00:26:56.416 --> 00:27:00.208
that’s internationally known.

00:27:00.416 --> 00:27:04.208
Even in Brazil, my country,

00:27:04.291 --> 00:27:07.250
Mexican midwifery
is widely respected.

00:27:07.958 --> 00:27:10.250
I knew that I was
in the right place

00:27:10.375 --> 00:27:13.375
where I could trust and

00:27:14.375 --> 00:27:18.583
life put me in touch
with the very best, right?

00:27:18.708 --> 00:27:20.000
With doña Rafa.

00:27:20.791 --> 00:27:25.958
Doña Rafa was recommended
to me and my husband.

00:27:27.666 --> 00:27:30.500
It was hard to find,
here in Merida,

00:27:30.791 --> 00:27:33.583
someone who would
do home deliveries.

00:27:33.750 --> 00:27:38.125
Because most midwifes
deliver in their towns

00:27:38.291 --> 00:27:43.875
or some see you in some other
place they have prepared.

00:27:44.416 --> 00:27:47.416
And since
I already had a child

00:27:47.833 --> 00:27:51.416
it wasn’t an option
for me to move.

00:27:52.166 --> 00:27:56.125
I finally found a labor
preparation course

00:27:57.708 --> 00:28:00.916
and that’s where
I got her contact information.

00:28:24.250 --> 00:28:26.000
Let me…

00:28:30.333 --> 00:28:32.291
Breathe honey, breathe.

00:28:32.708 --> 00:28:33.708
Breathe.

00:28:36.333 --> 00:28:38.375
The baby is pushing.

00:28:38.458 --> 00:28:41.500
- That’s why we need to open up, to give it some space…
- Yes

00:28:41.791 --> 00:28:43.541
- That’s right...
- ...so it can keep doing its job.

00:28:43.791 --> 00:28:45.583
Yes.

00:28:54.625 --> 00:28:57.625
- It’s over.
- Yes.

00:29:03.541 --> 00:29:05.458
It all happened so fast.

00:29:05.916 --> 00:29:09.750
So I let my doctor know that

00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:13.000
the contractions had started

00:29:13.291 --> 00:29:15.916
and I told Doña Rafa
at the same time.

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:19.083
Because I knew it would take
her longer to get there.

00:29:19.166 --> 00:29:22.958
When she was almost
at my house

00:29:23.125 --> 00:29:26.458
I had already dilated
six centimeters

00:29:27.041 --> 00:29:31.833
and... my doctor said to me
"you can go to the hospital now

00:29:31.958 --> 00:29:35.416
because it’s progressing quickly,
so to get to 10 centimeters

00:29:35.583 --> 00:29:37.083
I think it will take two hours".

00:29:38.041 --> 00:29:39.000
And I was like, Wow!

00:29:39.125 --> 00:29:41.000
Where...?
Doña Rafa! where are you?

00:29:41.125 --> 00:29:46.041
And she got to the hospital
just in time.

00:29:47.083 --> 00:29:50.916
She didn’t see me at home,
but she got to the hospital just in time.

00:29:51.083 --> 00:29:55.041
And once I knew doña Rafa was there
I could relax.

00:29:55.875 --> 00:30:01.250
It’s amazing that power she has
to make us feel like… “She’s here”.

00:30:01.500 --> 00:30:03.791
Like if it were your mom arriving.

00:30:04.208 --> 00:30:06.125
Doña Rafa became

00:30:06.291 --> 00:30:09.333
a beacon in my second delivery

00:30:09.708 --> 00:30:12.708
because

00:30:16.083 --> 00:30:20.208
I wasn’t expecting a third child.

00:30:20.375 --> 00:30:22.375
It was very fast.

00:30:22.458 --> 00:30:24.958
I got pregnant a year

00:30:25.166 --> 00:30:27.000
after my second baby.

00:30:27.125 --> 00:30:29.375
So,

00:30:29.458 --> 00:30:32.000
when we found out

00:30:32.291 --> 00:30:36.083
that I was pregnant
and I contacted her again,

00:30:38.750 --> 00:30:41.916
the doctor I was with

00:30:42.166 --> 00:30:44.708
was very nice

00:30:44.916 --> 00:30:49.250
and a very good doctor, but he didn’t,
he didn’t inspire anything in me.

00:30:50.750 --> 00:30:56.166
And it was then, with that,
with that third delivery

00:30:57.125 --> 00:31:00.125
that I could

00:31:01.958 --> 00:31:04.000
really appreciate

00:31:04.208 --> 00:31:08.958
the midwife for her role.

00:31:13.208 --> 00:31:15.291
And once

00:31:15.791 --> 00:31:18.791
we understood each other

00:31:20.750 --> 00:31:21.541
I think it was

00:31:21.791 --> 00:31:26.166
during the delivery that
I realized that.

00:31:26.458 --> 00:31:29.416
I mean, during the delivery
I said to her “Doña Rafa,

00:31:29.666 --> 00:31:33.541
I need you not to tell me anything,
I need you to

00:31:35.416 --> 00:31:36.666
I need you to not…

00:31:36.916 --> 00:31:39.541
And I actually asked
the doula for

00:31:39.708 --> 00:31:42.708
no one, no one to speak to me.

00:32:09.000 --> 00:32:11.208
You’re ready darling.

00:32:11.416 --> 00:32:13.375
Once the pain comes
you push.

00:32:13.500 --> 00:32:16.875
If you feel like pushing, push.
If you don’t, don’t.

00:32:17.166 --> 00:32:19.541
The sac is going to burst,
once the water breaks,

00:32:19.666 --> 00:32:22.541
the baby will come.

00:32:23.041 --> 00:32:24.541
Very good.

00:32:24.750 --> 00:32:27.416
You’re ready darling.

00:32:27.500 --> 00:32:30.416
Everyone ready?

00:32:37.666 --> 00:32:39.916
When you feel like pushing,
push darling.

00:32:40.041 --> 00:32:43.416
If not, if you don’t really
feel like it, don’t push.

00:32:44.166 --> 00:32:46.583
Hold on to this darling.

00:32:46.708 --> 00:32:48.083
Just like that.

00:32:48.333 --> 00:32:49.875
Come on, here comes the water.
Let’s go.

00:32:50.083 --> 00:32:51.208
When you breathe in...

00:32:51.291 --> 00:32:53.416
- Slowly. Slowly darling.
- Breathe in slowly.

00:32:53.500 --> 00:32:55.333
Breathe in slowly

00:32:55.458 --> 00:32:57.791
otherwise, you’ll pull
the baby back in.

00:32:59.041 --> 00:33:01.125
Come on, come on, come on.

00:33:01.250 --> 00:33:03.125
That’s it. Very good.

00:33:03.333 --> 00:33:05.541
That’s it. Come on.

00:33:05.625 --> 00:33:07.375
That’s it darling. That’s it.

00:33:07.500 --> 00:33:10.500
Here it comes.
Come on, come on, come on.

00:33:11.125 --> 00:33:11.833
Come on darling.

00:33:11.916 --> 00:33:12.708
Come on.

00:33:12.791 --> 00:33:14.875
Lower, lower.

00:33:15.875 --> 00:33:17.541
That’s it darling.
You’re doing great.

00:33:17.833 --> 00:33:20.458
¡Come on, come on!

00:33:20.541 --> 00:33:21.833
Push down, darling. Down.

00:33:21.958 --> 00:33:23.041
- Don’t pull.
- Slowly.

00:33:23.125 --> 00:33:25.041
- Slowly.
- Slowly, breathe.

00:33:25.041 --> 00:33:27.166
There, there.

00:33:28.666 --> 00:33:30.291
I remember that

00:33:30.458 --> 00:33:32.458
that in that, in that

00:33:32.541 --> 00:33:35.583
in that event
doña Rafa really respected.

00:33:35.750 --> 00:33:38.375
I,

00:33:38.500 --> 00:33:41.833
during my labor,
I was in a trance.

00:33:42.250 --> 00:33:45.250
And there was a moment when,

00:33:45.541 --> 00:33:46.708
when the baby was coming.

00:33:46.791 --> 00:33:49.791
I, when I was in the water
I turned

00:33:50.708 --> 00:33:52.083
and I got into a position where I

00:33:52.291 --> 00:33:55.291
felt that my body would allow

00:33:55.583 --> 00:33:57.416
for the baby to come
without any pain.

00:33:57.500 --> 00:34:02.208
So I was on my hands and
doña Rafa approached me.

00:34:02.375 --> 00:34:05.375
The baby’s head
had already come out on its own.

00:34:05.958 --> 00:34:11.625
and the arms were out too.
So I didn’t want to push.

00:34:12.791 --> 00:34:14.791
And doña Rafa moved in

00:34:14.916 --> 00:34:17.583
to help the baby out,
and I just shouted

00:34:17.666 --> 00:34:19.291
“Don’t touch it”.

00:34:19.416 --> 00:34:22.000
So doña Rafa
got startled.

00:34:22.125 --> 00:34:25.833
Because I didn’t say it like I did just now,
I was severe.

00:34:26.166 --> 00:34:29.166
But I got this feeling of like,
why did I talk to her like that?

00:34:29.375 --> 00:34:31.083
To her, when

00:34:31.375 --> 00:34:34.375
when she was doing
what I wanted her to do.

00:34:36.583 --> 00:34:38.958
That made me latch onto her.

00:34:39.083 --> 00:34:40.375
Her, her…

00:34:40.666 --> 00:34:44.416
The fact that she
didn’t take it personal,

00:34:45.583 --> 00:34:47.166
that energy that she has,

00:34:47.291 --> 00:34:51.333
she never gets upset,
and if she does it’s like

00:34:51.625 --> 00:34:54.583
gentle, right?
You can’t really tell...

00:34:54.791 --> 00:34:56.708
Because the pediatrician
was telling her...

00:34:56.875 --> 00:35:00.666
There was a pediatrician present
by my husband’s request.

00:35:01.583 --> 00:35:03.458
And he was telling her
“Do it, cut the cord,

00:35:03.708 --> 00:35:06.875
do it already”. And she looked over to me
as if asking "What should we do?"

00:35:07.000 --> 00:35:08.916
And I told her “Don’t cut it”.

00:35:09.041 --> 00:35:12.416
So she felt very pressured

00:35:12.500 --> 00:35:14.791
and she started
getting rid of the blood.

00:35:15.333 --> 00:35:17.541
And it was from that moment that,

00:35:17.625 --> 00:35:20.833
that I
fell in love with her.

00:35:22.666 --> 00:35:24.500
And that doesn’t,

00:35:24.625 --> 00:35:28.125
well no, no, no,
that feeling doesn’t go away.

00:35:28.208 --> 00:35:32.000
It’s like the bond is there,

00:35:32.458 --> 00:35:35.333
after having gone through
a moment like that together.

00:35:35.625 --> 00:35:40.875
Such a deep moment like
that first delivery with her.

00:35:46.583 --> 00:35:49.000
Do you want some more?

00:35:49.083 --> 00:35:52.083
- Yes?
- That’s all right, we don’t want her to vomit.

00:35:58.958 --> 00:36:01.750
Down honey.
Push down. ¡Down!

00:36:01.833 --> 00:36:05.958
Come on, come on darling.
Down, down.

00:36:06.333 --> 00:36:09.666
- Come on darling, come on.
- You can do it.

00:36:09.750 --> 00:36:12.291
You can do it darling.
It comes out but you pull it back in.

00:36:12.500 --> 00:36:14.541
- Come one, come on. Here it comes.
- Slowly, slowly.

00:36:14.791 --> 00:36:18.583
Come on darling, come on.
Come on, come on, come on.

00:36:18.875 --> 00:36:23.333
- Come on darling, Push honey. Push.
- That’s it, breathe in slowly.

00:36:23.541 --> 00:36:26.416
Slowly, regain your strength.
That’s it.

00:36:26.500 --> 00:36:29.666
- That’s it, slowly.
- Just like that.

00:36:30.125 --> 00:36:33.125
Very good.

00:36:33.500 --> 00:36:35.208
Slowly.

00:36:40.000 --> 00:36:41.583
When the water breaks,

00:36:41.875 --> 00:36:43.916
the baby will come right after.

00:36:44.041 --> 00:36:45.125
Ok?

00:36:45.291 --> 00:36:46.291
You’ll push.

00:36:47.416 --> 00:36:49.833
Little baby.

00:36:50.833 --> 00:36:53.083
So I listened to her voice,

00:36:53.333 --> 00:36:56.541
always with my eyes closed,
but I listened to her voice,

00:36:56.750 --> 00:36:59.208
to my doctor’s,
to my husband’s,

00:36:59.375 --> 00:37:00.833
and...

00:37:01.000 --> 00:37:02.833
And I did listen.

00:37:02.958 --> 00:37:06.500
Like, If I needed to move.

00:37:07.541 --> 00:37:08.750
And that’s what I was
looking for, right?

00:37:08.875 --> 00:37:13.916
This, this emotional support
this strength.

00:37:14.125 --> 00:37:17.166
And yes, the team was perfect,

00:37:17.916 --> 00:37:20.500
properly tuned,

00:37:20.666 --> 00:37:23.458
and never interfering

00:37:23.583 --> 00:37:27.166
with my instincts,
honoring what I…

00:37:28.041 --> 00:37:31.083
what I wanted to do.
But motivating me

00:37:31.375 --> 00:37:33.875
to go on.

00:37:34.000 --> 00:37:36.916
And doña Rafa,
with her calming voice,

00:37:37.000 --> 00:37:40.000
so soothing.

00:37:40.458 --> 00:37:43.833
Hold on, hold on,
gather strength from the hamaca.

00:37:44.000 --> 00:37:48.083
Hold on and push.

00:37:49.958 --> 00:37:50.708
Come on, come on.

00:37:50.833 --> 00:37:54.083
When you feel it, push.
Come on darling.

00:37:54.208 --> 00:37:57.000
Come on, come on. That’s it.

00:37:57.166 --> 00:37:57.916
Come on, come on.

00:37:58.083 --> 00:38:00.291
- You’re doing great darling.
- That’s good, that’s good.

00:38:00.416 --> 00:38:01.708
- Push, push.
- Come on, come on.

00:38:01.916 --> 00:38:04.166
- It’s almost here. Here it comes, here it comes.
- You can do it.

00:38:04.250 --> 00:38:05.375
- Come on darling, come on.
- Come on, come on.

00:38:05.583 --> 00:38:09.000
- Come on honey. Come on, come on…
- You can do it darling, you can do it.

00:38:09.166 --> 00:38:11.666
- Easy, slowly.
- Ready, ready.

00:38:11.750 --> 00:38:12.666
The water broke.

00:38:12.791 --> 00:38:15.333
- Now just get the head out.
- Breathe in slowly.

00:38:15.583 --> 00:38:18.041
When the pain comes,
now’s the time.

00:38:18.208 --> 00:38:20.041
- There it is.
- Is the pain over?

00:38:20.208 --> 00:38:22.250
- Easy.
- Easy now.

00:38:22.458 --> 00:38:25.333
- Breathe darling
- If the pain is over, relax.

00:38:34.541 --> 00:38:36.000
Come on little girl,

00:38:36.333 --> 00:38:39.000
or boy.

00:38:40.166 --> 00:38:43.125
Almost.

00:38:48.208 --> 00:38:51.208
Come on baby.

00:38:51.458 --> 00:38:54.458
Come on little one.

00:39:03.166 --> 00:39:06.625
Come on baby, come on baby.

00:39:07.625 --> 00:39:09.125
Here it comes.

00:39:09.291 --> 00:39:12.208
Strongly Marta.
Push.

00:39:12.333 --> 00:39:15.333
So that the head
doesn’t stretch.

00:39:15.458 --> 00:39:16.916
Come on, come on,
come on, come on.

00:39:17.125 --> 00:39:19.500
Come on darling, come on, come on.
Here it comes.

00:39:19.625 --> 00:39:20.250
You can do it darling.

00:39:20.375 --> 00:39:22.458
- Come on darling, you can do it.
- You can do it. You can do it.

00:39:22.583 --> 00:39:24.916
You can do it.
Come on.

00:39:25.000 --> 00:39:27.750
- Come on darling, you can do it.
- You can do it. Come on.

00:39:27.916 --> 00:39:29.583
...come on, come on, come on.

00:39:29.750 --> 00:39:31.750
The head is coming, come on.

00:39:31.875 --> 00:39:33.291
Don’t pull it in.

00:39:33.375 --> 00:39:35.666
Come on honey,
you can do it darling.

00:39:35.791 --> 00:39:36.958
Come on, come on!

00:39:37.125 --> 00:39:39.166
It’s here.
It’s here darling.

00:39:39.166 --> 00:39:41.083
- Breathe in slowly.
- Come on, come on.

00:39:41.166 --> 00:39:44.166
Here it comes, here it comes.
Come on. Come on darling.

00:39:44.583 --> 00:39:47.583
Come on darling.
You can do it honey.

00:39:48.625 --> 00:39:50.291
The baby is coming darling.

00:39:58.125 --> 00:39:59.750
- You have to push harder darling.
- Yes.

00:39:59.833 --> 00:40:01.583
You have to push harder honey.

00:40:01.666 --> 00:40:03.458
- If you don’t the baby will hang.
- This isn’t all you got. It’s almost here.

00:40:03.625 --> 00:40:05.333
- It’s almost out.
- You can push harder.

00:40:05.416 --> 00:40:06.875
You can push harder.

00:40:09.750 --> 00:40:11.875
When it comes,
push as hard as you can.

00:40:12.041 --> 00:40:14.791
- Yes.
- Push down. Got it?

00:40:14.875 --> 00:40:16.958
Push down.

00:40:17.125 --> 00:40:21.083
Don’t stop.
Push as hard as you can.

00:40:23.291 --> 00:40:26.291
Ainitas, ainitas.

00:40:28.291 --> 00:40:32.375
Your baby wants to see you.
So push hard.

00:40:32.833 --> 00:40:35.083
When the pain comes. Down.

00:40:35.166 --> 00:40:38.166
Down.

00:40:44.750 --> 00:40:46.500
You can do it honey,
hard.

00:40:46.625 --> 00:40:50.000
And if you want to cry,
if you want to scream, do it.

00:40:50.125 --> 00:40:55.250
If it makes you feel better,
it’s better.

00:41:08.500 --> 00:41:10.208
Do you want to come?

00:41:10.375 --> 00:41:11.791
No?

00:41:17.625 --> 00:41:19.250
Hold on honey. Hold on.

00:41:19.333 --> 00:41:21.708
Come on, come on,
come on, come on.

00:41:21.875 --> 00:41:23.541
- It has to come out right now.
- Come on, come on, come on, come on.

00:41:23.708 --> 00:41:25.291
Here comes. Come on honey.

00:41:25.375 --> 00:41:26.708
Come on, come on,
come on, come on.

00:41:26.833 --> 00:41:29.000
- That’s it. Come on, it’s coming, it’s coming.
- Come on, come on, come on, come on.

00:41:29.125 --> 00:41:31.000
- Come on, come on.
- Its coming, its coming, that’s it.

00:41:31.083 --> 00:41:31.833
- That’s it.
- Ready.

00:41:31.916 --> 00:41:34.916
Come on, come on, come on,
come on. That’s it.

00:41:35.000 --> 00:41:36.291
It’s done darling.

00:41:36.333 --> 00:41:38.250
It’s over.

00:41:38.291 --> 00:41:40.041
Done...

00:41:40.666 --> 00:41:43.208
There, there baby.

00:41:43.291 --> 00:41:46.791
It’s over.

00:41:46.916 --> 00:41:49.875
There, baby, it’s over.

00:41:51.375 --> 00:41:55.458
It’s over precious.

00:41:55.625 --> 00:41:58.208
There, there baby.

00:41:58.291 --> 00:41:59.541
Put it on.

00:41:59.833 --> 00:42:01.583
There, there.

00:42:02.208 --> 00:42:04.000
Here you go with mommy.

00:42:05.041 --> 00:42:06.666
It’s over baby.

00:42:09.666 --> 00:42:10.625
Easy.

00:42:12.083 --> 00:42:14.458
What are you doing?
What are you doing to me?

00:42:14.583 --> 00:42:18.125
It’s over, it’s over.

00:42:29.250 --> 00:42:31.250
We just need
the placenta now.

00:42:35.666 --> 00:42:37.208
There, there, darling.

00:43:15.500 --> 00:43:17.125
We thank God,

00:43:17.208 --> 00:43:19.875
because this baby was born.

00:43:20.083 --> 00:43:23.166
And we also thank
God for the placenta,

00:43:23.250 --> 00:43:28.208
that gave life to this
baby for nine months.

00:43:28.375 --> 00:43:32.250
We thank the placenta,
for it is the tree

00:43:32.416 --> 00:43:35.416
of life.

00:43:37.125 --> 00:43:39.791
I notice that nowadays

00:43:39.916 --> 00:43:42.625
women are much more
scared of feeling pain,

00:43:42.791 --> 00:43:47.375
or of something going wrong,
of an emergency to happen.

00:43:47.625 --> 00:43:54.458
There’s this fear, isn’t it? Of not having
the protection of a heatlh

00:43:55.291 --> 00:43:57.500
institution.

00:43:57.625 --> 00:44:00.625
And that is,

00:44:01.291 --> 00:44:03.000
let’s say...

00:44:03.125 --> 00:44:05.250
It’s like an emotional

00:44:05.500 --> 00:44:07.375
obstacle

00:44:07.458 --> 00:44:10.583
for a woman
to make the decision

00:44:10.750 --> 00:44:15.958
of trusting her body,
of trusting nature.

00:44:16.166 --> 00:44:20.041
Nowadays I think the modern
woman is a bit disconnected.

00:44:20.125 --> 00:44:25.916
That’s why she makes
more convenient choices.

00:44:26.125 --> 00:44:27.166
I mean,

00:44:28.250 --> 00:44:31.333
even for such a special moment

00:44:31.666 --> 00:44:33.333
in a woman’s life, childbirth.

00:44:33.666 --> 00:44:38.416
It… it’s going to take work, right?
To go back

00:44:38.833 --> 00:44:40.500
to the origins.

00:44:40.708 --> 00:44:42.541
To this...

00:44:42.708 --> 00:44:45.583
feeling of trust in your body.

00:44:46.333 --> 00:44:47.833
Is it Friday?

00:44:48.958 --> 00:44:51.833
It was on Tuesday, so Tuesday,

00:44:52.416 --> 00:44:54.958
Wednesday,
Thursday, three days.

00:44:55.250 --> 00:44:58.250
Three days ago,
I had my baby.

00:45:00.333 --> 00:45:03.291
We’re doing good.

00:45:03.583 --> 00:45:06.583
Yes, three days.

00:45:42.166 --> 00:45:44.000
The cord.

00:45:50.625 --> 00:45:52.375
We take it and slice it.

00:46:20.458 --> 00:46:22.041
It takes longer...

00:46:32.833 --> 00:46:34.125
Should I peel it?

00:46:34.291 --> 00:46:35.083
Yes.

00:47:54.958 --> 00:47:57.916
You need to pull here.

00:47:59.500 --> 00:48:01.500
Can you do it?

00:48:17.708 --> 00:48:18.833
There it is.

00:48:27.750 --> 00:48:30.750
They’re shinny.

00:48:45.916 --> 00:48:49.625
Once I was qualified
to be a midwife,

00:48:49.750 --> 00:48:52.583
along with my husband,

00:48:52.750 --> 00:48:57.166
we learned how to make the placenta soap,
the ointments, the creams.

00:48:57.291 --> 00:49:01.750
With some plants we
make tea, for the pain,

00:49:01.875 --> 00:49:05.708
we make tea for fibroids,
for cysts.

00:49:05.875 --> 00:49:11.083
All of that, we prepare
tea for the women.

00:49:11.166 --> 00:49:13.875
We learned about these plants
and we kept

00:49:13.958 --> 00:49:15.500
working them up until

00:49:15.708 --> 00:49:17.708
now.

00:49:29.750 --> 00:49:33.916
PLACENTA CREAM
FOR FACIAL BLEMISHES AND WRINKLES

00:50:21.958 --> 00:50:24.416
I was just a child,

00:50:24.583 --> 00:50:27.791
because he taught
me everything, everything.

00:50:27.916 --> 00:50:30.625
He was my first boyfriend,
since I was 10 years old.

00:50:30.750 --> 00:50:34.041
He asked me if I wanted to be
his girlfriend and I said yes.

00:50:34.166 --> 00:50:36.041
And he told me he would
wait until I was older.

00:50:36.125 --> 00:50:37.708
But he didn’t wait long.

00:50:37.958 --> 00:50:41.666
When I was 14 we got together
and started living together.

00:50:42.000 --> 00:50:47.083
And we lived together for 50
years and a half, until he died.

00:51:05.000 --> 00:51:08.000
And it was a very happy life.

00:51:08.375 --> 00:51:10.875
He was a good husband.

00:51:11.041 --> 00:51:12.291
A great father

00:51:12.375 --> 00:51:15.708
to my children.

00:51:20.000 --> 00:51:22.833
And we are Christian so

00:51:23.000 --> 00:51:25.291
we get together as a family

00:51:25.500 --> 00:51:29.375
and we thank God that he still
allows us to live together.

00:51:29.583 --> 00:51:32.958
And we promise God that
we want to stay like this,

00:51:33.250 --> 00:51:35.333
until God separates us.

00:51:35.500 --> 00:51:37.916
One of us.

00:51:58.708 --> 00:52:01.708
So now I am
the one in charge.

00:52:01.958 --> 00:52:04.708
Because my husband
passed away.

00:52:04.833 --> 00:52:08.208
So I’m in charge of everyone,
of my children

00:52:08.416 --> 00:52:11.416
my grandchildren.

00:52:16.541 --> 00:52:19.083
I am very happy with them,

00:52:19.250 --> 00:52:22.708
because they haven’t
abandoned me.

00:52:23.000 --> 00:52:25.333
We live a very peaceful life.
Thank God.

00:52:49.166 --> 00:52:50.416
Come in.

00:52:50.583 --> 00:52:53.583
Thank you.

00:52:54.833 --> 00:52:57.833
Good morning.

00:53:00.750 --> 00:53:03.791
- It’s strong, isn’t it?
- Yes.

00:53:17.541 --> 00:53:20.750
Yes.

00:53:21.500 --> 00:53:24.500
Yes.

00:53:24.666 --> 00:53:27.083
The day after I checked in...

00:53:27.208 --> 00:53:28.250
You had it?

00:53:28.333 --> 00:53:31.208
- Right then.
- You didn’t suffer.

00:53:33.791 --> 00:53:34.916
Do you only breastfeed her?

00:53:35.041 --> 00:53:36.333
No, she drinks milk also.

00:53:36.416 --> 00:53:38.166
- She doesn’t just drink “chuchu”.
- Ah, that’s why...

00:53:38.333 --> 00:53:41.291
She’s a hefty eater.

00:53:41.375 --> 00:53:44.625
Yes, she takes two ounces
and I also breastfeed her.

00:53:44.625 --> 00:53:47.625
Look at that,
lay on your side.

00:53:48.833 --> 00:53:51.833
On your ribs.

00:53:54.833 --> 00:53:59.000
The late doña Carmita
taught us

00:53:59.333 --> 00:54:01.708
to do this

00:54:02.041 --> 00:54:05.625
so that you won’t get any
headaches or backaches.

00:54:10.875 --> 00:54:13.250
I didn’t know it was like this.

00:54:13.416 --> 00:54:18.875
You didn’t know before.
But this is how it’s done.

00:54:19.250 --> 00:54:21.500
When I worked with her,

00:54:21.625 --> 00:54:24.625
she told me, she taught me.

00:54:24.708 --> 00:54:27.125
And I asked my mom,
what is that thing they do...?

00:54:27.250 --> 00:54:29.208
- A lot of people don’t know, many women don’t know.
- When they tie you.

00:54:29.333 --> 00:54:31.041
- “I don’t know”, she told me.
- Many women don’t know.

00:54:32.166 --> 00:54:35.125
And since I was coming here, I thought,
“I’ll ask my mother-in-law...”

00:54:35.333 --> 00:54:38.166
Yes, many women don’t know.

00:54:45.958 --> 00:54:47.208
She’s angry.

00:54:50.833 --> 00:54:52.208
I’m going to squeeze you.

00:54:52.333 --> 00:54:54.791
I don’t feel pressure.
Let’s see...

00:55:11.916 --> 00:55:12.833
There you go.

00:55:13.083 --> 00:55:16.291
You got that?
It’s normal, you’re sweating.

00:55:17.083 --> 00:55:20.083
Precious.

00:55:20.250 --> 00:55:22.708
Come here, let me
check your back.

00:55:22.833 --> 00:55:25.250
Let’s see if you’re ok.

00:55:25.333 --> 00:55:28.125
Look at you… so pretty.

00:55:28.208 --> 00:55:30.083
Look at that chin. (In Mayan)

00:55:32.083 --> 00:55:33.125
Your little clothes.

00:55:36.833 --> 00:55:40.166
Bless you! See that?

00:55:40.458 --> 00:55:43.291
It’s the VapoRub,
I told your mom.

00:55:43.500 --> 00:55:46.875
That mine is drier.

00:55:53.875 --> 00:55:56.875
Oh no, you’re not
going to eat right now.

00:55:56.958 --> 00:56:00.083
She thinks I’m
going to feed her.

00:56:04.166 --> 00:56:04.833
There.

00:56:04.833 --> 00:56:05.958
There, there, there.

00:56:05.958 --> 00:56:08.500
I’m checking to see if you’re ok.

00:56:08.708 --> 00:56:10.666
Yes, you’re ok.

00:56:12.583 --> 00:56:13.583
One more, one more.

00:56:13.708 --> 00:56:16.125
What is this lady
doing to you baby?

00:56:17.541 --> 00:56:19.708
Oh, do you like it? or not?

00:56:19.875 --> 00:56:22.375
Is it alright?

00:56:35.500 --> 00:56:37.666
She breathes just fine.

00:56:38.250 --> 00:56:39.625
One more, one more.

00:56:43.875 --> 00:56:46.458
Oh, honey.

00:56:47.750 --> 00:56:50.041
I’m checking for snot.

00:56:50.708 --> 00:56:53.583
There, baby, there

00:56:55.833 --> 00:56:59.750
This woman is
bothering me mom.

00:57:06.250 --> 00:57:07.250
There, there, there, there.

00:57:07.375 --> 00:57:08.458
We’re done baby,
we’re done.

00:57:09.083 --> 00:57:11.500
We’re done darling.

00:57:16.125 --> 00:57:18.791
There, there, there, there.

00:57:19.000 --> 00:57:21.291
There. I’ll leave you alone.

00:57:21.375 --> 00:57:23.083
You hear me? We’re done.

00:57:24.458 --> 00:57:26.083
We’re done.

00:57:34.666 --> 00:57:38.750
Holy Father, Great God,
we thank you Lord

00:57:39.041 --> 00:57:42.041
for this beautiful morning,

00:57:42.291 --> 00:57:45.583
because we’re gathered
here together Lord,

00:57:45.791 --> 00:57:46.833
for,

00:57:47.208 --> 00:57:52.041
for this baby’s Hetzmek.

00:57:52.250 --> 00:57:55.666
We thank you for allowing
us to be here together.

00:57:56.333 --> 00:58:01.458
And Lord, I ask for you to
bless every single one of us.

00:58:01.708 --> 00:58:02.958
We thank you.

00:58:03.041 --> 00:58:03.583
Amen.

00:58:03.583 --> 00:58:04.958
- Amen.
- Amen.

00:58:18.500 --> 00:58:21.500
We have here some pumpkin seed,

00:58:21.625 --> 00:58:24.625
which represents
the child’s intelligence.

00:58:24.791 --> 00:58:29.166
Once they open up,
so will the child’s intelligence.

00:58:29.541 --> 00:58:35.166
The chaya, which represents
the child’s sensibility.

00:58:36.416 --> 00:58:37.833
Honey,

00:58:37.916 --> 00:58:40.416
and the pumpkin seed,
also represent

00:58:40.500 --> 00:58:43.416
the child’s gentleness.

00:58:43.583 --> 00:58:47.916
And the eggs here, represent

00:58:48.000 --> 00:58:51.666
the intelligence,
and reasoning that the child will have.

00:58:51.916 --> 00:58:55.541
The mother hands the baby over
to the godfather, and he’ll place him

00:58:55.625 --> 00:58:58.833
on the left side of his hip.

00:59:02.791 --> 00:59:06.208
He will walk nine times
around the table

00:59:06.291 --> 00:59:09.083
and we will all count out loud,
and as we count,

00:59:09.208 --> 00:59:12.958
we will pass the seed.

00:59:13.125 --> 00:59:16.833
The train, for him to be a truck driver
or for him to travel

00:59:16.958 --> 00:59:19.958
wherever he wants.

00:59:20.708 --> 00:59:22.083
He likes that one.

00:59:22.166 --> 00:59:24.333
I think he’s going to
be a truck driver.

00:59:24.333 --> 00:59:25.333
Eight.

00:59:27.166 --> 00:59:30.583
His tools,
so he’ll be a plumber.

00:59:30.666 --> 00:59:33.666
Take it, take it.

00:59:34.333 --> 00:59:36.375
There you go.

00:59:36.541 --> 00:59:39.208
Scissors, so he’ll be a tailor.

00:59:40.416 --> 00:59:42.458
- Or gardener.
- Or gardener.

00:59:42.625 --> 00:59:45.458
- Hairdresser.
- Hairdresser, too.

00:59:46.000 --> 00:59:48.750
He has plenty of options.

00:59:49.416 --> 00:59:50.375
Hey.

00:59:50.500 --> 00:59:52.375
Go on, go on.

00:59:52.583 --> 00:59:54.500
- Four?
- Four.

00:59:55.625 --> 00:59:59.000
His... machete.

00:59:59.166 --> 01:00:00.833
You both have your machetes.

01:00:01.000 --> 01:00:04.958
Take it son,
so he’ll know the field.

01:00:06.416 --> 01:00:09.708
He’ll learn to work the field.

01:00:12.500 --> 01:00:13.750
There you go.

01:00:14.166 --> 01:00:15.375
Five laps.

01:00:15.500 --> 01:00:17.291
His notebook, his pencil.

01:00:17.625 --> 01:00:20.208
So he’ll study.

01:00:20.333 --> 01:00:23.750
He’ll go to school,
be a teacher.

01:00:27.416 --> 01:00:29.000
Six.

01:00:29.541 --> 01:00:31.583
So he can be a doctor.

01:00:31.750 --> 01:00:32.666
Or nurse.

01:00:32.750 --> 01:00:36.416
Nurse, gynecologist, midwife.

01:00:40.666 --> 01:00:43.541
His calculator, so he can
be an accountant.

01:00:43.916 --> 01:00:46.333
He’ll learn math.

01:00:48.250 --> 01:00:51.166
No, it’s this one.

01:00:56.291 --> 01:00:58.666
Seven.

01:00:59.583 --> 01:01:00.833
Seven laps.

01:01:00.916 --> 01:01:03.125
And the last one,
so he can be

01:01:03.166 --> 01:01:04.375
a player.

01:01:04.500 --> 01:01:07.333
Softball player.

01:01:12.791 --> 01:01:14.416
- He’ll get the ball.
- Let him have the ball.

01:01:25.625 --> 01:01:28.000
We are sending,

01:01:28.291 --> 01:01:31.291
the most heartfelt,

01:01:32.000 --> 01:01:34.250
greetings,

01:01:35.083 --> 01:01:37.208
to doña Tina

01:01:37.375 --> 01:01:39.250
Euan.

01:01:39.875 --> 01:01:42.208
Who is

01:01:42.291 --> 01:01:46.458
celebrating her birthday

01:01:46.833 --> 01:01:48.791
in the company of

01:01:49.041 --> 01:01:51.583
close friends and family.

01:01:52.458 --> 01:01:55.666
We are sending,

01:01:55.958 --> 01:01:59.541
cordial and heartfelt congratulations

01:01:59.833 --> 01:02:02.583
to doña Tina Euan.

01:02:02.791 --> 01:02:06.583
May she be happy,
in her celebration of one more year of life.

01:02:06.791 --> 01:02:10.208
- Here’s to your 15th birthday...
- 15 years...

01:02:10.291 --> 01:02:12.166
Another year.

01:02:12.333 --> 01:02:14.125
I don’t see any chambelanes.

01:02:14.208 --> 01:02:15.583
The chambelanes and maids.

01:02:15.666 --> 01:02:18.583
We should get some maids.

01:02:18.875 --> 01:02:19.916
I want a beer.

01:02:20.041 --> 01:02:21.666
I said to her “Mommy,
when you’re done,

01:02:21.833 --> 01:02:24.083
when we’re done here, I’ll get you
some cheap beer at the Six”.

01:02:24.208 --> 01:02:27.208
“No, I don’t want to…

01:02:27.333 --> 01:02:29.625
what I want is…”

01:02:30.333 --> 01:02:31.416
She’s stubborn.

01:02:31.666 --> 01:02:33.083
If she were your daughter,
you’d put your foot down.

01:02:33.250 --> 01:02:36.250
She’s like a little girl,
isn’t she?

01:02:36.541 --> 01:02:40.000
On a happy day,

01:02:40.375 --> 01:02:43.541
a little girl was born

01:02:44.041 --> 01:02:47.625
her name is Crispina,

01:02:48.166 --> 01:02:51.166
may she be happy.

01:02:51.750 --> 01:02:54.750
In front of her cake,

01:02:55.166 --> 01:02:58.250
she made a wish,

01:02:58.416 --> 01:03:01.708
may her wish come true

01:03:02.000 --> 01:03:05.000
and may she be happy,

01:03:05.250 --> 01:03:07.791
and nappy,

01:03:08.041 --> 01:03:10.750
the good chappie.

01:03:11.291 --> 01:03:13.708
And the other one...

01:03:13.875 --> 01:03:16.125
- Blow the candles.
- Blow.

01:03:20.083 --> 01:03:22.625
- Here, here.
- Leave it here.

01:03:22.791 --> 01:03:25.000
- Come on.
- Do it.

01:03:42.791 --> 01:03:46.833
WORKSHOP RESPECTFUL MATERNAL CARE
WHILE PRESERVING CULTURAL HERITAGE

01:05:46.833 --> 01:05:49.291
Do you want
to lay down darling?

01:06:33.291 --> 01:06:35.083
We’re almost there honey.

01:06:35.333 --> 01:06:38.375
You are nine and a half...

01:06:42.500 --> 01:06:43.541
Oh God.

01:06:44.041 --> 01:06:46.375
You can push, you can
push a little bit.

01:06:46.625 --> 01:06:49.041
When you feel ready
you can push.

01:06:50.083 --> 01:06:51.333
Down.

01:06:52.750 --> 01:06:54.375
That’s it.

01:06:55.458 --> 01:06:57.083
Very good.

01:07:30.833 --> 01:07:35.000
Perfect.
Just a half centimeter more.

01:07:35.166 --> 01:07:37.666
Almost there.

01:07:37.875 --> 01:07:38.833
Come on, come on.

01:07:39.041 --> 01:07:41.458
That’s it, Caro.
The baby is right there.

01:07:41.625 --> 01:07:42.833
Come on darling,

01:07:42.958 --> 01:07:45.041
you have to push the head out.

01:07:45.166 --> 01:07:48.833
Once the head is out, it’s fast.

01:07:49.541 --> 01:07:52.708
Come on, come on, come on,
push darling.

01:07:52.916 --> 01:07:53.666
That’s it.

01:07:53.916 --> 01:07:55.916
That’s it, you’re doing so good.

01:08:02.708 --> 01:08:05.583
Move the pillow
she needs to sit up.

01:08:05.916 --> 01:08:08.541
Because you’re like this,
look Caro like this.

01:08:09.166 --> 01:08:11.583
If you’re not comfortable like this,

01:08:11.833 --> 01:08:13.291
we can, you can,

01:08:13.375 --> 01:08:15.750
your husband
can sit on the floor.

01:08:16.041 --> 01:08:17.333
We lay something down,

01:08:17.458 --> 01:08:19.750
and you sit on your legs,

01:08:19.833 --> 01:08:21.416
that way is fast too.

01:08:21.500 --> 01:08:22.916
There are many different ways.

01:08:23.958 --> 01:08:26.458
Look, you’re going to
sit like this darling.

01:08:26.666 --> 01:08:27.708
- On your legs...
- Ok?

01:08:27.791 --> 01:08:28.958
- Can you do it?
- Yes, you can do it.

01:08:29.083 --> 01:08:30.375
- You can do it.
- It’s faster.

01:08:30.375 --> 01:08:32.166
- I’m holding you.
- It’s faster.

01:08:32.291 --> 01:08:34.916
The way you are
right now, it isn’t.

01:08:35.250 --> 01:08:36.750
- Get a towel.
- Hold her.

01:08:36.916 --> 01:08:39.083
That’s it, that’s it.

01:08:39.083 --> 01:08:41.166
That’s it honey.

01:08:41.250 --> 01:08:41.833
That’s it.

01:08:42.000 --> 01:08:44.291
Come on darling, just like that.

01:08:44.541 --> 01:08:46.958
The baby’s coming now.

01:08:53.166 --> 01:08:54.291
- Yes, put that on.
- Already?

01:08:54.458 --> 01:08:55.958
Yes, put it on.

01:08:57.250 --> 01:08:59.458
Open up,
open up, that’s it.

01:09:00.833 --> 01:09:02.750
Come on, push down.

01:09:03.041 --> 01:09:06.875
Come on, come on.

01:09:07.083 --> 01:09:10.125
Here it comes,
here it comes, come on.

01:09:10.333 --> 01:09:12.166
Come on, Caro.

01:09:12.583 --> 01:09:13.625
Come on darling.

01:09:13.750 --> 01:09:16.000
- Come on.
- You’re almost there honey.

01:09:16.000 --> 01:09:17.291
Yes.

01:09:18.666 --> 01:09:21.250
Ok, wait for the contraction.

01:09:21.416 --> 01:09:23.583
Once you feel it, push.

01:09:23.708 --> 01:09:25.291
Do you want to feel your baby?

01:09:25.375 --> 01:09:26.333
Touch it.

01:09:26.333 --> 01:09:28.333
I’ll fall down.
I’ll fall down.

01:09:28.625 --> 01:09:30.541
You won’t fall down honey.

01:09:30.583 --> 01:09:32.125
Come on. here it is.

01:09:34.375 --> 01:09:35.875
Come on, come on,
here it comes.

01:09:36.000 --> 01:09:38.291
Come on Caro.
Come on, come on darling.

01:09:38.500 --> 01:09:40.000
Here it comes.

01:09:40.083 --> 01:09:40.875
Open up...

01:09:40.875 --> 01:09:43.041
- ¡Come on, come on!
- Get it out.

01:09:43.208 --> 01:09:44.833
¡Come on, come on!

01:09:44.916 --> 01:09:48.083
- ¡Come on!
- Come on Caro, push, push, push.

01:09:48.250 --> 01:09:51.083
Almost there, almost there.

01:09:51.250 --> 01:09:52.791
Breathe in slowly.
Come on, almost there.

01:09:53.125 --> 01:09:54.291
¡Push, push Caro, push Caro!

01:09:54.458 --> 01:09:56.875
Come on, get it out.

01:09:57.083 --> 01:09:59.416
Come on Caro.
Come on, come on.

01:09:59.500 --> 01:10:00.500
Come on, almost there.

01:10:00.583 --> 01:10:01.750
- Push, push, push.
- Almost there.

01:10:01.833 --> 01:10:03.250
¡Push!

01:10:03.333 --> 01:10:04.333
¡Push!

01:10:04.333 --> 01:10:05.500
Push, push.

01:10:05.625 --> 01:10:06.541
¡Come on!

01:10:15.500 --> 01:10:17.666
Here’s your baby.

01:10:18.666 --> 01:10:21.041
We’re done, we’re done.

01:10:21.500 --> 01:10:22.791
My love.

01:10:22.916 --> 01:10:24.958
- My love.
- My soul.

01:10:26.125 --> 01:10:27.416
So nice.

01:10:27.500 --> 01:10:29.041
Cry, cry.

01:10:29.625 --> 01:10:32.625
He’s going to cry,
he’s going to cry.

01:10:34.666 --> 01:10:35.666
There, Caro, it’s done.

01:10:35.791 --> 01:10:37.458
You’re pretty.

01:10:37.750 --> 01:10:39.666
Look, look at his little eyes.

01:10:39.666 --> 01:10:40.333
Let’s see, let’s see.

01:10:40.500 --> 01:10:43.250
Face him towards me,
so that I can clean his face.

01:10:44.166 --> 01:10:46.083
Just like that.

01:10:46.250 --> 01:10:47.583
Thank you.

01:10:47.708 --> 01:10:49.791
Hello darling.

01:10:50.041 --> 01:10:50.916
Hello.

01:10:51.041 --> 01:10:53.916
Hold him so
I can clear his face.

01:10:54.625 --> 01:10:56.750
There, honey, it’s done.

01:10:57.125 --> 01:11:00.166
Baby, you’re with mommy.

01:12:19.291 --> 01:12:21.083
Hello.

01:12:22.125 --> 01:12:23.500
Yes.

01:12:24.166 --> 01:12:25.958
Yes.

01:12:26.416 --> 01:12:29.125
Ok.

01:12:29.541 --> 01:12:30.708
We’ll be right there honey.

01:12:31.000 --> 01:12:33.541
We’ll be in Merida in an
hour and a half.

01:12:33.750 --> 01:12:36.541
Don’t you worry,
walk around a little bit.

01:12:36.750 --> 01:12:39.750
Remain calm, don’t despair.

01:12:40.166 --> 01:12:42.750
We’ll get our thing together

01:12:42.916 --> 01:12:45.208
and we’ll head out to Merida.

01:12:45.333 --> 01:12:47.375
Ok, you stay calm honey.

01:12:47.458 --> 01:12:49.500
Ok, see you.

01:13:29.041 --> 01:13:33.333
SINAHAL
MAYAN MIDWIVES