He also buried the placenta, under the bed if the baby was a girl and near the base of the central pillar of the house if it were a boy. Her husband helped by bringing her hot water to drink if she needed it, cutting the umbilical cord, and tying it with string. She then washed each baby with water she had carried from the stream.
Foua delivered each child with her own hands, without a birth attendant, keeping silent to avoid thwarting the birth with noise. All but one of their other children had been born in Laos, where the birthing traditions were very different than in the United States. Lia Lee was born on Jas the 14th child of Foua and Nao Kao, Hmong immigrants now residing in Merced, California.
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