41 Independent Research

"Adoption Qualifications." Chinese Children Charities-Chinese Children Adoption International - a Leader in China Adoption. 4 Nov. 1998. Web. 29 Mar. 2011. . According to this organization you must be in a heterosexual relationship in order to adopt a chinese baby.

"Haiti Adoption - Qualifications." Haiti Adoption. Haitian Adoption, 4 Apr. 1974. Web. 29 Mar. 2011. . If a heterosexual couple wants to adopt a Haitian child from this organization they cannot have more then two children of their own.

"Qualifications For The Adoption Of Foster Children | LIVESTRONG.COM."LIVESTRONG.COM - Lose Weight & Get Fit with Diet, Nutrition & Fitness Tools. Lance Armstrong, 26 Feb. 2010. Web. 29 Mar. 2011. . To adopt a foster child one must take several classes (that add up to 40 hrs) before a family can finish the process of adoption.

"BBC - Health: Who Can Adopt?" BBC - Homepage. Web. 30 Mar. 2011. .

It takes up to 8 months for a person/ couple to be processed and evaluated before they can be matched with a child.

Barrett, Mary Catherine. "Changes to Ohio Adoption Laws." Domestic Adoptions Ohio, Surrogacy Law, Cleveland Adoption Lawyer. Web. 30 Mar. 2011. . While the birth mother is pregnant with the child that is going to be adopted, the adoptive family must pay the birth mother up to 3,000 dollars during her birth period and up to 60 days after the baby is born.

According to the research that I've done I would like to do a project that circulates around homosexuality and adoption. Many places stated that only heterosexual places could adopt but shouldn't it be up to the mother to decide who should take her child? I would like to conduct a study on how many mothers actually get to decide who gets to adopt their child. Another project That I would like to conduct is a compare and contrast between adoption organizations and there beliefs on homosexuality.

40 Insights from part 3

Hey Peggy Vincent, thanks for writing Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a midwife. Your main argument which compared the differences between a doctor and midwife made me rethink birth and pregnancy and how I will pursue my birth when the time comes.

Well, in the last third of the book you focused on the do's and don't of being a midwife which connected back to the first 2/3rd's of the book. But let me be more specific.

1. Why didn't you have personal limitations on the people you would give home births too? What about your beliefs made your boundaries so broad? Page 220

2. What about being a midwife affects the decision for insurance not to cover you? page 233

3. When assisting in a hospital birth why aren't you allowed to give/ say your opinion to the mother in labor? What about having a midwife license changes the privileges you have in the hospital? If you good go back on repeat any hospital birth you had a part in which one would you change? page 244

"But what could I have done to make this a better book - that would more effectively fulfill its mission?" You answer,

Well, lets be clear your text sought to provide historical analysis of how midwifery has grown over the years, and policy analysis by explaing all the privileges midwives have gained since they first started their practice. From the perspective of a midwife who struggled to gain the respect from not only your peers but from respected doctors you have done a great job portraying your beautiful journey as a midwife. Given that aim, and your book, the best advice I would give for a 2nd edition of the text would be, to describe experiences were you went against the hospitals authority and it resulted in a better ending then if everyone would have followed hospital protocol. But I don't want you to feel like I'm criticizing. I appreciate the immense amount of labor you dedicated to this important issue and particularly for making me think about the struggles midwifes had to go through in order to gain all the respect they have now and what it truly means to be a midwife emotionally and physically. In fact, I'm likely to do more research on the privileges midwifes are allowed due to the stories you recapped in your book.

The author replies, "Thanks! Talking to you gives me hope about our future as a society!"

HW 39 Insights Part 2

1. Vincent, Peggy. Baby Catcher: Chronicles of a modern midwife. New York: Scribner, 2002. Print.

Business of being born shows a different side to how the doctors treat the mothers in labor, they show that the doctors do care and are very willing to help the mothers in birth. While in Baby Catcher the doctors are seen as bad guys who could care less about the mother , they just want to deliver the baby. Another thing that Business of being born does different is after birth they don't go into detail about what happens with the baby or with the mother, while in Baby Catcher Peggy Vincent goes into detail about how she cuts the umbilical cord and how she handles the placenta. Business of being born also doesn't get into how age affects a birth, while Peggy Vincent goes into detail with two different birth stories on how age caused different side affects during birth.

2. Major insights: The second hundred pages have basically the same major insight as the first hundred pages except some deaths during pregnancy occur, so Peggy Vincent makes it a point to let the mothers know that they can always try again and have a "spirit baby". She also makes it clear that regardless of the setting of the birth (hospital or home) death's during pregnancy can and will occur.

My thoughts: I agree with Peggy Vincent, if a mother loses a baby during birth she should try to conceive again if that's what her and her family want. I also agree that the pain of losing a child will never completely go away but it will get easier as time goes on just like any death that occurs.

3. Interesting aspects:

1. The points in which a home birth has to be taken to the hospital. page 119-121

2. Spirit babies. page 126

3. How babies die in the womb/ during birth. Page 148- 150

4. How placentas are used. page 154-155

5. The affect of age during birth/pregnancy. page 127

4: Independent research: How does age affect birth

"Women usually have some decrease in fertility starting in their early 30s. It often takes a woman in her mid-30s or older longer to conceive than a younger woman. Men also may have some decrease in fertility starting in their late 30s" As woman increase in age they become less fertile which causes many issues, the main one being it is a lot harder to get pregnant. This supports what Peggy Vincent brought up because she was very unsure about getting pregnant at her old age and the quote supports her doubts, one being that she may not be able to conceive. Peggy Vincent's evidence is factual because it is a known and proven fact that as woman get older it is harder to get pregnant.

http://www.marchofdimes.com/pregnancy/trying_after35.html

HW 38 Insights

1. The book Baby Catcher by Peggy Vincent is an non fiction story about Peggy Vincent's experience with giving birth and helping others give birth.

3. Major insight:

There are two major insights, one being that woman shouldn't resort to narcotics as a first option when feeling pain during birth, they should try more natural things, such as singing, humming, breathing, dancing, or anything to calm themselves down. The second major insight is that midwives have a different way of looking at birth then doctors do.

"Midwives believe birth is normal till proven otherwise. Doctors don't" Page 58 Doctors resort to drugs and operations to make the process faster, when that only slows it down.

4. My insights: I agree with Peggy Vincent when it comes to midwives think about birth differently then doctors because midwives have a different perspective on birth and are looking out for the mothers best interest, while doctors are just trying to get the pregnancy over with.

Interesting aspects of birth: 1. During the beginning of Peggy's journey with helping delivering babies she hit some walls on weather or not doing subtle things such as changing the way you breath or changing the position someone gives birth really change the amount of pain woman feel when giving birth. 2. Peggy Vincent made it know that midwives should not be seen as someone less then a doctor and that there way of dealing with birth is more reliable then doctors, when dealing with pain and having normal births. 3. Less narcotics a pregnant woman uses during the time she gives birth the better off the mother is in the end. 4. Practice giving birth before you give birth, so your husband can get prepared as well. 5.

5. Authors use of evidence: Peggy Vincent uses a great amount of evidence but mostly based off of personal experience, I haven't read any statistics or anything comparing real doctors to real midwives. In my reading I am touching on the midwife topic so hopeful Peggy Vincent will compare a real doctor to a real midwife and see how the differ.

Comments

My comment to Evan D.

It was very interesting how you interviewed multiple mothers who had C- Sections and how they both said it was less painful. Your interviews were very detailed and intriguing, one thing you could work on is digging deeper and analyzing what the mothers said about birth. Other then that your post was very good I can't wait to read more.

Evan's comment to me

I like that you found three birth stories that were different and unique to one another. I thought it was interesting that you questioned the mothers diet in story two as if she could have prevented her baby from being fat. You questioned the mother’s actions in story one as if she did something to her stomach to almost lead her baby to death. I don’t think a mother would try to kill her child right before it is born. Do you think these things happed only because of the mother or are these things common? I think you could have elaborated on the story a bit more.

My comment to Michelle

Your blog was very interesting although the person you interviewed answered with "bubbles", It would have been interesting to see how her answers would have changed if you made her dig deeper with her thoughts. Your questions were very interesting and well thought about. One thing you could improve on she spelling and grammar, other then that I really enjoyed reading your post.

Michelle's comment to me

I liked that most of the questions you asked were new and have not been discussed in class, so it'd be interesting to hear what our classmates view on them would be. The line I found was the best was where you went deeper into the baby story by asking questions than just making bubbles, "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?" What would have made your post even better was if you questioned these people you interviewed to go deeper into the bigger picture.But besides that, Good Job!