At the Birth of Over 2,000

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After another winding bus ride up the mountain we visited the home of Dona Miriam, a 93 years young native midwife. We learned her life story. She married at age 14 and gave birth at age 15 to the first of 19 children serving as her own midwife. She has delivered over 2000 babies in her community Tres Equis and the surrounding area.