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MSF's Mweso Hospital, North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of Congo
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I work with MSF by going into my community to explain to young people
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what to do if they are ill, and about family planning.
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I tell pregnant women to consult a health care provider,
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and if they transfer you to the hospital, that is welcome
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because the hospital can provide resources that you cannot get in the health center.
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During the seventh month of my pregnancy,
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I went to the clinic for a regular prenatal visit.
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They told me that the pregnancy was almost to term
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and the baby was in a transverse position.
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They said I should get ready to come to the hospital to give birth.
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I was ready to come here on a specific date,
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but before that date, I started having contractions.
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When they got very strong, I went to the health center.
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They asked me to get transportation to the hospital.
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My family went to go find a motorbike.
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When they found one, I got on the motorbike
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with the midwife and we left for the hospital.
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It cost 10 dollars.
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We left Kalembe at 10 a.m.
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and stopped to rest in Kassouka around 11.
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Then we went on [for another hour] to the hospital.
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I was admitted to the delivery room.
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I knew the baby's position was wrong.
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I was afraid he might have died during the trip.
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Dr. Claudine told me the baby still alive
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and that she would take me to the operating room for the Cesarean.
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The contractions were strong and I was in pain.
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They gave me a spinal block so the surgeon and the assistant
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could talk to me during the operation.
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I heard a high voice and I wondered
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"Who is that?' "What is the sex?"
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When they told me it was a boy, I was very happy.
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He does not have a name yet.
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[Even though] he has been here in the land of humans for three days,
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but newborns are given a name at home by their father.