Hmong Vietnam Midwives & Pregancy in Rural Villages Part 2

Insightful and interesting documentary about the Hmong-Vietnamese (Hmoob/Moob Nyab Laj) midwives who train to help pregnant Hmong women safely deliver their babies and encourage these women to use health clinics in isolated and remote areas of Northern Vietnam. See how old traditions will usually clash with modern health care.

^^ Love their thick Green Hmong accents.

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[RNLizzo]

what disturbs me is not so much that the hmong women are giving birth at home, but that the health center does not have adequate equipment to do an ultrasound and so has to send the women six hours to the nearest hospital to do so, which i'm assuming is by foot. not only is that risky since you can see that she will more or less give birth any day. from my perspective, it would seem that the trek from the mountain villages to the health center pose more risks than benefit.

[ptranny]

Oxytocin is given after delivery to encourage birth of the placenta so the uterus can involute and stop a potential haemorrhage. Like the video says, this is a big cause of maternal death ... postpartum management of bleeding is as important as the birth itself.

[mylove1]

@tshavntujtwg how do you do it? i would like to know, i haven't seen it done before

[tshavntujtwg]

@xuslauj26 Oxytocin has peripheral (hormonal) actions, so it has actions in the brain to help in particular during and after childbirth. It released in large amounts after distension of the cervix and uterus during labor, facilitating birth, and after stimulation of the nipples, facilitating breastfeeding.

[tshavntujtwg]

@mylove1 We Hmong people do still do these practice, even in the US today..

[tshavntujtwg]

@nottiecyclone It is true that some have had broken away from the tradition but some still do the tradition practice today, even in the US.. Doctors are fine with it, if ask..

[mylove1]

@nottiecyclone i have never heard of this tradition before, i will go and ask my mom about this and see if she heard of it also

[yheartlakorn]

Thanks for sharing. Very proud there is young Hmong woman like Pang out there saving life.

[pkyang87]

She's an inspiration to all the Hmong women!

[xuslauj26]

Oxytocin is given to stimulate uterine contractions so she could have the baby... I don't understand why someone told Ying to give the mother a Oxytocin injection STAT after she already delivers the baby @ 05:44.

[DFLHYforeverlyness]

AMAZING STORY ! IM GLAD TO BE HMONG !