Brigitte Jordan, in Her Study of Birth in Four Cultures

Brigitte Jordan, in her study of birth in four cultures, observed the following about giving birth in the Yucatan:

A) The father-to-be must not be present during either labor or birth.
B) The mother-to-be gives birth by herself, after receiving some training from an older female relative.
C) Prior to the birth, both a witch doctor and the entire village bless the mother-to-be.
D) The mother-to-be is encouraged to lie in the same hammock in which she sleeps each night.