I learned a lot from that lady. She was a great blessing in many ways. She was from south Mississippi and just as comfortable to be around as anyone I've ever met. I enjoyed doing the apprentice midwifery but learned many things unrelated to birthing babies.
And there were things that I thought I knew in some distant way about natural nutrition which this lady confirmed time and again. Good old fashioned common sense. And like you said with the salts. She knew enough to not cut the salt from a new mom. She realized that with all that fluid loss and hard labor the body needed salt and sugar.
Good old fashioned common sense. And like you said with the salts. She knew enough to not cut the salt from a new mom. She realized that with all that fluid loss and hard labor the body needed salt and sugar.<<<
Common sense is priceless.
There is much to learn, from a good teacher, and today so few even know the things that your midwife knew, without a fancy education.