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Ibu-To-Be; Motherhood & Birth across Continents

Stories and Practices Celebrating Childbirth From Around the World
Baby sleeping in a hammock in the Tsimané settlement of Anachere, in the Amazon rainforest
Baby sleeping in a hammock in the Tsimané settlement of Anachere, in the Amazon rainforest

My biggest preoccupation for the past eight or so months has been my pregnancy.


I have been surreptitiously indoctrinated into an entire world I was not privy to before: I am officially being welcomed into the Mum Club.


People with kids are curious about whether it’s a boy or a girl (it’s a surprise), or if it’s kicking yet (it has been for a while now – I would be worried if it wasn’t), and how far to go (basically three weeks left to the proverbial ‘due date’ as