Their babies had died, and the prolonged labor had inflicted a dreadful injury on the mothers: an internal wound called a fistula, which left them incontinent and soaked in urine.

• 她们的婴孩都死掉了，长时间的生产对年轻的妈妈造成了可怕的创伤：一种内部的损伤，又叫瘘管，瘘让她们小便失禁，整日泡在尿液里。