Midwifery in Maya society
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Midwifery in Maya society
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Midwifery is a women's profession that assists women from pregnancy to newborn care. In some traditional Maya communities, a goddess of midwifery is invoked, and midwives are generally believed to be assigned their profession through signs and visions. In pre-Spanish Yucatan, the aged midwife goddess was called Ixchel. Childbirth is the final rite of passage amongst the Maya that completes a girl's transition to womanhood. Many of the women who give birth in rural areas are treated by midwives w
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2022-07-26T19:51:10Z
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