A traumatic labour
"A few seconds after birth, the baby cried – and I felt so relieved."
These were the words of a medical worker from a Barnabas Aid-funded clinic in Karen State, Myanmar, after Naw Wah, a Christian mother, gave birth to her baby girl.
The labour had been traumatic.
"At first, I planned to give birth at home," says Naw Wah, "but I couldn't deliver the baby there."
After five hours of pushing, the baby girl was stuck.
Naw Wah's family helped her set out towards the clinic, carrying her over muddy roads and through unforgiving terrain. In part of the country in which conflict rages and bombing raids are a regular occurrence, the risks were enormous.
"I didn't make it," she says.
