This story is part of PRI's The Ninth Month series, a journey through pregnancy and childbirth, across cultures and continents.
Makala haya ni sehemu ya mpango wa Mwezi wa Tisa unaoratibiwa na PRI, unaofuatilia safari za uzazi mpaka wakati wa kujifungua, katika tamaduni mbalimbali na mabara tofauti.