Move to hospital deliveries saves mothers, infants in Tibet

Although there was still a gap, Guo was optimistic. "After all, there has been a lot of rapid change in recent years, both in terms of local development and people's ideas," she said.

Lhagyi said she planned to convince her friends to deliver in hospitals as well. "It is safe, and I recovered pretty fast."

Cering Zhoigar still regrets the loss of her first three children. Not long after the birth of her son, she tied a red thread around his wrist, which is considered a lucky symbol.

A Buddhist like most Tibetans, she went to thank Buddha in a local temple and asked a lama to name her son.

"His name is Lodro Cering," she said. Cering means "long life" in Tibetan.

(By Xinhua Writers Bai Xu and Hu Xing )

Editor:Zhang Ning