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Wilderness Mother
Manage episode 320524604 series 3255166
It’s 1980, two days from the summer solstice in the wild landscape of Northwestern British Columbia. Deanna and her husband, Jay Kawatski, tend their food garden carved out of the wilderness in the Ningunsaw Valley when Deanna realizes that their first child will be born very soon. The couple must hike difficult mountain & bog terrain through clouds of bloodthirsty mosquitoes for more than two hours to their cabin on Desire Lake. Deanna’s water breaks and she instantly goes into labour. This is the story of their unattended birth, heralded by a family of loons who serenaded them throughout the night.
62 episodes
Manage episode 320524604 series 3255166
It’s 1980, two days from the summer solstice in the wild landscape of Northwestern British Columbia. Deanna and her husband, Jay Kawatski, tend their food garden carved out of the wilderness in the Ningunsaw Valley when Deanna realizes that their first child will be born very soon. The couple must hike difficult mountain & bog terrain through clouds of bloodthirsty mosquitoes for more than two hours to their cabin on Desire Lake. Deanna’s water breaks and she instantly goes into labour. This is the story of their unattended birth, heralded by a family of loons who serenaded them throughout the night.
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