Hw 36 Birth stories

Birth Story 1:

My birth was a pretty dramatic experience for my mom and now makes a unique story. About a week before my due date, I did a somersault in my mom's stomach and the umbilical cord wrapped around my neck. My mom had a strong feeling that something went wrong so she went straight to the hospital. Before she knew it, she was under heavy drugs and had no choice but to have a cesarean section. My family considers this a blessing and from time to time we all think about how different things would have been if my mom didn't follow her instincts.

It was interesting to hear how even though the umbilical cord wrapped around the babies neck the baby survived. Another interesting point was the fact that her family till this day still think her birth was a blessing.

This story fits in society's image of birth for the most part except for the baby being choked by its own umbilical cord (even tho it has happened before.) What about the babies position made the umbilical cord choke the baby? How could this have been prevented? and Was it the mother's fault or the babies fault?

I want to explore what makes an umbilical cord choke a baby.

Birth story 2:

My mother was in bed rest from 17 weeks to 32 weeks and it was pretty horrible. It was a normal vaginal delivery and it went as planned. I was not a fat baby but I was very chubby.

It was interesting that although the baby wasn't extremely fat and not premature the mom still had to be in best rest for such a long period of time.

Because of the vaginal delivery the pregnancy was normal, as for being bed ridden for so long I don't know how common that is. If the baby wasn't fat what made the mother bed ridden for so long? Also if the mother changed her diet could she have prevented the amount of time she was bed ridden?

I want to explore what about pregnancy makes the mother bed ridden.

Birth story 3:

There wasn't anything weird about my birth just things that occurred on my birthday were a little out of the ordinary. The first batman movie was put into theaters the day of my birth and after I was born my mother got a bear and left. I wish there was more to say about my birth but it was a perfect birth and my mother said it wasn't very painful.

It was interesting how the most memorable thing for the family is that on the day of the babies birth the batman movie came out, I found it humorous that her mother got a beer and just left without seeing if the baby was alright or not.

For society this birth is considered "normal" except for what occurred afterwards, the mother left and got a beer instead of checking on the baby. Aren't there procedure's that a mother has to follow before they leave the hospital?

I want to explore what procedures must be done before a mother leaves the hospital.

Hw 35

1. How would your parents feel if you got pregnant?

Susan:My mother would say "What happened? I always told you to keep your legs closed and your eyes open, now your life will be much more difficult" So she would be really disappointed.

Samantha: OMG, they would be in total shock and disappointed.

Catherine: My mom would be upset, but would help me raise the baby, or babies if they were twins or triplets.

2. Does the way society act towards teenage pregnancy upset you?

Susan: No, because I believe young people should have a a social life for as long as possible.

Samantha: No, because we are too young to take care of kids 24/7.

Catherine: I guess it upsets me a little, but it is what it is and I can't really change it.

3. If you could change one thing about the birth process what would it be?

Susan: I would change the whole pain thing.

Samantha:Let the man go through the pregnancy!

Catherine: How long it takes for the process to happen because there are really good medicines that make the pain go away.

4. Would your opinion about birth change if you knew your child had a high risk of having a disability?

Susan: No, every life is worth something.

Samantha:Yes definitely, I would terminate the pregnancy. It would be double the work.

Catherine: Who ever says yes is shallow, I would take care of the baby

5. If your child was born with both organs how would you decide which organ to keep?

Susan: That's a tough one, I would wait until the babies older.

Samantha: OH JESUS, It would have to be which ever one the baby had more of. If it had ovaries then goodbye penis, if it had no ovaries then hello penis.

Catherine: I don't really know, I guess I would wait until the baby got older and see what the baby is more comfortable with.

After looking over my interviewers answers It was obvious that all 3 girls parents would be highly upset and disappointed if there daughter got pregnant. These answers seemed very common and just bubbles, each answer was a sentence or to long, but I'll take some of the blame because the structure of my questions could be at fault. I found it very interesting that when asked if there was a high risk of the baby coming out with a disability would that change your opinion about birth, Samantha said she would automatically have an abortion. I tried to dig deeper and ask her why she was so quick to say she would have an abortion. She just kept repeating it would be to much work and the child wouldn't have a good life. Sam didn't really take time to think about her answer and just regurgitate things to me, if she would have taken a minuet more to think I believe her answer would have had a better explanation to why she would want to abort a baby just because it would have a disability.

When asking about the baby and if it had both organs, I wasn't looking for serious answers but after hearing the answers given they made sense. I would wait till the baby grew older in order to make the decision on which sex the baby should be. I feel like that would be a very difficult decision, what if I picked the wrong sex? Would that make the child gay? Its amazing how a decision that won't affect the child until 7 to 8 years after could cause a life long issue. After surveying people it is easy to say that when having sex you must really make sure your ready for a child regardless of if you have safe sex. Yes this is something most of us are taught once we learn about the birds and the bees but as one gets older it becomes reality and birth is something that changes some one's life forever.

HW 34 Initial thoughts on birth

Although I understand the process of making a baby, the whole concept still amazes me. At the age of 17 it is still hard to understand what exactly goes on during the birth process and why it takes 9 or so months. In movies they make the whole idea of birth look fun and exciting, but in reality birth is a painful and long process. One thought that I have always had was if women/girls (young teenagers) weren't able to have babies until after college, this would save a lot of hardship and stress in young women's lives. Obviously this is unrealistic but it makes sense, and I don't see any cons to it.

When I think about birth the T.V show Teen Moms pops into my head because I'm around there age and at any point that could have been me ( If I liked guys and if I ever decided to have sex let alone unprotected sex) Shows such as Teen mom make teenage mothers look bad, not all teenage mother's are irresponsible and careless. People should be more open to helping teen mothers in need, even tho they made the decision to have the baby. My last thought about birth is that I am against abortion unless the mother has been raped.

Questions

Why is the process 9 months?

Will there be easier ways in the future to give birth?

What are the pros and cons about hospital births vs. home births?

Why don't we remember our time in the womb?