In this conclusion of a 3 part series, We speak to one more doctor who manages to give us hope. Tensions run high as the pressure builds. We embrace the inevitable, and in the last minute decide to do something completely different.

In part 2 We explore the attitudes towards birth, age and the role of fathers in the birthing process. we try to change a doctors mind about Nepali birth practices. Labor begins and we are left with some hard choices that need to be made quickly.

You are invited to join me and my wife as first time parents. Help us navigate an atmosphere of Cesarean pushing doctors in the Nepali medical system. This is part 1 of a 3 part series.

In this episode we will return to the earthquake aid relief that has been underway for ten months. We will visit the village of Banpale and meet some of the people who lived through the quake while their entire village was destroyed. i will speak with an engineer who specializes in earthquake proofing. Then i find my self singing Christian hymns, in an unlikely place.

This episode of american immigrant, I land in the middle of a national fuel shortage in Nepal, learn how to buy black market petrol, and get stopped by highway strike. India closed the border, but life must go on. whats it like to live without fuel? this episode was written and produced by me, Hamilton Pevec, co-produced by Neesha Bremner www.storytellerproductions.net Music for this episode was Written by Brain Albert Planas and Alex Formosa www.alexformosa.com