Gosh how long were you in Malaysia for and was this a kampung or in an iban community? Hehe am finding out more in this thread about what the birthing scene is like in my current backyard. It already sounds quite different to the public and private hospital birth scene in Malaysia.
i lived there for 2 years but spent 5 months a year there over 10yrs (we didnt go last year with a newborn, but are going dec-march)
the ladies i supported were in the kampung. big difference to the hospital scene! dhs family is well off, and all went private, but all had loads of intervention.