This story makes me so sad. I know this happens and I know it's done for reasons I cannot understand.
Well done, you've made me sad and angry with the post.
I started out being sympathetic for the mother going through labour without pain relief, I ended up being desperately heart-sick for her when she should have been allowed to heal and bond with her two babies.
I felt really sad too, though civilization has done a good job of covering up some awful practices, some of these still go on.