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1 " Inside, the midwife was trying to get Socorro to open her mouth wide and let the pain come out. " Open your mouth," said Angelina, massaging Socorro's neck and shoulders, " and let out what you feel. Don't keep it in, querida, let it out." Socorro cried softly at first, but little by little she loosened up and she began to let out long, ear-piercing screams. " Good," said the midwife, " now breathe deeply, deeply, and then cry out again, letting all the pain go out of your body. "