Early thursday morning Stephanie and I were woken up by the guard saying that there was a woman in labor at the clinic. Malange was standing outside with her partner and a few friends. Malange is a well known lady in our program. She is seventeen and pregnant for the second time. Last year she lost a baby 6 months into her pregnancy due to preeclampsia. This pregnancy we followed her very closely in prenatals. She fortunately has been fairly healthy. Malange seemed to be in good labor at first impression. Contractions were close together and lots of moaning due to the pain. After 4 hours of laboring at the clinic Malange gave birth to a baby boy. Later in the day our pregnant ladies showed up for the prenatal program. They were all excited to hear Malange delivered. After the health teaching the ladies went in and visited with her. It was really cool for me to see this. The women have been told that they can deliver with us now, and too see one of their peers just delivered with the baby gave a new sense of hope. Please pray for Malange as she adjusts to being a new mommy at such a young age.
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