March baby boom

Three baby girls have been born in the birthing house in the last week and a half! One of these girls was born to Sera, the village health worker, who was instrumental in coordinating with the community health nurse and the Ministry of Health while the house was being planned and built.

The grandmothers were right; 2012 is shaping up to be the year of the girl child in Penyem. :-)

Sera has also been the faithful keeper of Penyem's birth and death registers and will be adding her own little one to register just in time for the first anniversary of the house's opening!

Check back here on Monday, March 19th for photos of the new arrivals, my namesake who is a busy toddler now, and the birth register to date. Twenty two and counting...!!