“Catching a Child”: giving birth under nomadic conditions. The methods of pre- and postnatal care of the Nenets mothers and babies

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Author: Ravna, Zoia Vylka
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group 2019
• Subjects: motherhood; Tundra Nenets; indigenous knowledge system; new-born; postnatal care; utero-placentalsystem; healing substances; culture and reproduction; Arctic; Iks; Circumpolar Health; International Journal of Circumpolar Health; nenets; Tundra
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2622233; https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2019.1586275

Objectives: The term “Catching a Child” is used by the Tundra Nenets people for the process of giving birth. The author is providing a description of the preparations for giving birth on the tundra in the Nenets nomadic culture, and practice of pre- and postnatal care of mothers and babies. Accordin...