Abstract
Childbirths have been largely influenced by social environment and cultural value system in each society. The auther carried out field work in a village of the Lisu, who have inhabited mountainous in Mae Hong Son Province, northern Thailand, from August 1988 to March 1989. Based on both direct observation and interviews with all married women in the study village, childbearing behavior and its related cultural habits were mainly studied. Major findings about childbearing and childbearing custums and behavior were summarized as follows. First, no taboo associated with pregnancy and childbirth was observed and the women behaved according to their own judgement throughout the pregnant term. Second, episiotomy with razor was conducted as a technique in the home delivery case. Third, the women during delivery period were helped by their families and/or the neighboring women who had experienced childbirth.
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