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Since 1987, when the global community first recognized the high frequency of women in developing countries dying from pregnancy-related causes, little progress has been made to combat this problem. This study follows the global policies that have been implemented in Sololá, Guatemala in order to decrease high rates of maternal mortality among indigenous Mayan women. The author examines the diverse meanings and understandings of motherhood, pregnancy, birth and birth-related death among the biomedical personnel, village women, their families, and midwives. These incongruous perspectives, in

Mothers --- Pregnancy --- Maternal health services --- Childbirth at home --- Mortality --- Complications --- Home birth --- Home childbirth --- Home delivery (Obstetrics) --- Homebirth --- Home care services --- Natural childbirth --- Health services, Maternal --- Maternal and child health services --- Maternal and infant health services --- Maternal health care --- Maternity care --- Mother and child health services --- Perinatal care --- Safe motherhood programs --- Obstetrics --- Reproductive health services --- Women's health services --- Maternal and infant welfare --- Gestation --- Conception --- Physiology --- Reproduction --- Moms --- Parents --- Women --- Housewives --- Motherhood --- Pregnant women --- Medical care --- Guatemala. --- Maternal Mortality. --- Mayans. --- development. --- global health. --- latin america. --- maternal death. --- maternal health. --- medical anthropology. --- midwifery. --- midwives. --- motherhood. --- pregnancy. --- the Maya.