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Friday, February 20, 2009
Reaction to Discussion on Fri 13th
The natural way could be considered the normal way. But since we are in America eveything has to have a double standard. The normal way would be the C-Section having your doctor cut into you and snatch your baby by the head from the womb. Sounds harsh but thats what they do. Now the natural way, is natural birth. Being in labor for 20+ hrs screaming every 5 minutes due to the contractions that you are having. No matter which way a woman decides to have the baby there are going to be doctors and bright lights shining down on you while you are in the center of a cold room. But then some say that " maybe the woman should have it at home" thats all well and good but some women want the cleaniness of the hospital and the assuranc of a certified doctor and not your husbad of wife standing there wiht a doula or midwife or both. If something goes wrong during the pregnancy does the doula or midwife know how to handle that? What ever floats your boat.
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When I went back to refresh my memory of all of the videos, the natural birth video did not show up. These videos probably don't mean to but they in a way influence the viewer to have bias thoughts about C-Section. Yes by the looks of the video the C-Section does look horrible and painful and somewhat forced. I would believe that there can be some benefits to having a baby by C-Section. The clips of the animals showed that it looked painless. Which in my view would make people want to be in the favor of natural births but then again these are animals and you can't be completly sure of what they feel or how different it is for them. In the end we can all argue about which method is better or healthy but in the end it comes down to the mother...and the manipulating doctor.
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Wow and eww were the only two words running through my mind when i was watching the videos. I watched the Dolfin give birth first, it seemed calm the mother just swam around in circles waiting for the baby to come out. What I thought was interesting about that one was that there were hundres of people watching the dolphin give birth. I wondered if that affects the mother of the child in any way because it it a drastic change from their natutal habitat. Then I watched the giraffe give bith and it seemed to be very similar to the way that dolfins give birth. Very calm and docile. The mother stays with the baby, caring for it and nurturing it until it was able to walk on its own. Then I watched the C-section video...gross. It looked so horrible. The doctor to the right looked like he was pulling the baby out by the head. It was terrible. All I could think about was the mother and how awful she must have felt. I wonder if she knew what they were doing and if she didn't know i wonder if anyone would tell her. It makes you want a natural birth..
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Answers to Selected Questions from Selected Groups
Questions on How people get pregnant, birth control, abortion and adoption:
Q- How available is birth control to people of all ages?
A- "There is no legal age you can begin taking birth control when you begin your period you can start because that is the time you can start to have babies. Keep in mind, though, that while there may not be legal prohibitions on birth control in young women, there are mental and physical health risks to birth control methods and to early sexual activity. Talk to your doctor, parents, or other trusted adult."
(http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_legal_age_to_start_taking_birth_control)
Q- What percentage of pregnant women had abortions?
A- "Summary: It is estimated here that, as of 2008, about 28% of U.S. women ages 15-64 have had abortions. This figure has risen from 2.8% in 1973 to 11% in 1980, 19% in 1987, 24% in 1994, and 27% in 2001. In 2008, of women ages 40-55, about 40% have had abortions in their lifetimes.From 1967 to September 2008, approximately 50,200,000 abortions occurred in the United States; of these, about 30,260,000 or 60% were to women with no prior abortions [1,2]. In other words, 30,260,000 different women had one or more abortions from 1967 to the present in the U.S.Given that there were 101,314,000 women ages 15-64 in the U.S. in 2007, this implies about 25-28% of women ages 15-64 in the U.S. today have had at least one abortion in their lifetime."
(http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/uslifetimeab.html)
Q- What is the average age of pregnancy?
A- "Over the last three decades, women have been waiting longer to become moms. In 1970, the average age for a first-time mother was about 21. In 2005, the average age of first-time moms was 25.2 years."
(http://www.babycenter.com/0_17-surprising-facts-about-birth-in-the-united-states_1372273.bc)
Questions on Professionalism & Techniques/Technicalities of Birthing Process
Q- What complications can arise from pregnancy/labor?
A- "Low Birth Weight- Caused by poor nutrition and substance abuse,Gestational Diabetes- Can happen during pregnancy when the woman's body isn't making enough insulin,Preterm Labor- When the mother's body is trying to deliver the baby before she has reached full-term (37 weeks) ,Group B Strep- Group B Strep is the leading cause of infections in newborns. Not group A strep (strep throat),Rh Negative Disease- Rh factor is determined by the presence of a protein surrounding red blood cells. Without the protein, a woman is considered Rh negative, Ectopic Pregnancy - # Ectopic pregnancies can be caused by an STD, such as chlamydia, or an infection, such as pelvic inflammatory disease. Women who have undergone sterilization procedures or have been diagnosed with endometriosis or other female reproductive disorders are also at risk. If the fallopian tube is getting tighter, or more narrow, the egg is fertilized outside the uterus, and in the tube, thus the name: 'Tubal pregnancy.'."
(http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancycomplications/commoncomplications.html)
Q- How much do doctors (gynocoligists) get paid per birth?
A- "Obstetrics-Gynecology $350,455" it didn't say how much they get per birth it only recorded a ballpark figure.
http://mmdoe.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-much-do-doctors-get-paid.html
Q- Can a doctor force you to get an abortion if your baby will be disabled?
A- "Legally, no one can force you to have an abortion" Doctors can influence you greatly to make this choice but thats about it.
http://yorkpregnancy.accountsupport.com/choices.php
Q-What percentage of woman develop gestational diabetes?
A- "Almost 9 percent of women in the US have diabetes, but about one third of them do not know it. Women with diabetes have an increased risk of pregnancy complications. In addition, 2 to 3 percent of women develop diabetes during pregnancy, called gestational diabetes."
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/uvahealth/peds_hrpregnant/gesdia.cfm
Ways of Giving Birth Questions
Q- What percent choose to take drugs during pregnancy?
A- "The survey found that an estimated 113,000 white women,75,000 African-American women, and 28,000 Hispanic women used illicit drugs during pregnancy." Im not sure if this is what the question meant but this is what google gave me.
http://www.drugabuse.gov/NIDA_Notes/NNVol10N1/NIDASurvey.html
Q- Where do they give birth squated?
A- "some of the indigenous people in Central and South America have a tradition of giving birth standing up or sitting."
http://www.daddytypes.com/2008/07/14/true_story_they_give_birth_standing_up_in_panama_peru.php
Q- what is the percent of women that give birth at home?
A- "In the period 2005–2008, 29 percent of deliveries in the Netherlands occurred at home, as against 35 percent in the period 1997–2000."
http://www.cbs.nl/en-GB/menu/themas/gezondheid-welzijn/publicaties/artikelen/archief/2009/2009-2696-wm.htm?WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublishedmethodenmethodenmethodencijferspublicatiescijferscijferspublicaties
Q-What is the most common method of bith?
A-"Doctors and midwives should recommend natural child birth as part of an NHS drive to reduce the number of births using epidurals and caesarean sections, according to the Government’s health watchdog."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/yourview/1564248/What-is-the-best-way-to-give-birth.html
Q-What percentage of C- sections are elective?
A-"About 36 percent of women were delivered prior to 39 weeks, electively by Caesarean,"
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_73577.html
Q- How available is birth control to people of all ages?
A- "There is no legal age you can begin taking birth control when you begin your period you can start because that is the time you can start to have babies. Keep in mind, though, that while there may not be legal prohibitions on birth control in young women, there are mental and physical health risks to birth control methods and to early sexual activity. Talk to your doctor, parents, or other trusted adult."
(http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_legal_age_to_start_taking_birth_control)
Q- What percentage of pregnant women had abortions?
A- "Summary: It is estimated here that, as of 2008, about 28% of U.S. women ages 15-64 have had abortions. This figure has risen from 2.8% in 1973 to 11% in 1980, 19% in 1987, 24% in 1994, and 27% in 2001. In 2008, of women ages 40-55, about 40% have had abortions in their lifetimes.From 1967 to September 2008, approximately 50,200,000 abortions occurred in the United States; of these, about 30,260,000 or 60% were to women with no prior abortions [1,2]. In other words, 30,260,000 different women had one or more abortions from 1967 to the present in the U.S.Given that there were 101,314,000 women ages 15-64 in the U.S. in 2007, this implies about 25-28% of women ages 15-64 in the U.S. today have had at least one abortion in their lifetime."
(http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/policy/abortion/uslifetimeab.html)
Q- What is the average age of pregnancy?
A- "Over the last three decades, women have been waiting longer to become moms. In 1970, the average age for a first-time mother was about 21. In 2005, the average age of first-time moms was 25.2 years."
(http://www.babycenter.com/0_17-surprising-facts-about-birth-in-the-united-states_1372273.bc)
Questions on Professionalism & Techniques/Technicalities of Birthing Process
Q- What complications can arise from pregnancy/labor?
A- "Low Birth Weight- Caused by poor nutrition and substance abuse,Gestational Diabetes- Can happen during pregnancy when the woman's body isn't making enough insulin,Preterm Labor- When the mother's body is trying to deliver the baby before she has reached full-term (37 weeks) ,Group B Strep- Group B Strep is the leading cause of infections in newborns. Not group A strep (strep throat),Rh Negative Disease- Rh factor is determined by the presence of a protein surrounding red blood cells. Without the protein, a woman is considered Rh negative, Ectopic Pregnancy - # Ectopic pregnancies can be caused by an STD, such as chlamydia, or an infection, such as pelvic inflammatory disease. Women who have undergone sterilization procedures or have been diagnosed with endometriosis or other female reproductive disorders are also at risk. If the fallopian tube is getting tighter, or more narrow, the egg is fertilized outside the uterus, and in the tube, thus the name: 'Tubal pregnancy.'."
(http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnancycomplications/commoncomplications.html)
Q- How much do doctors (gynocoligists) get paid per birth?
A- "Obstetrics-Gynecology $350,455" it didn't say how much they get per birth it only recorded a ballpark figure.
http://mmdoe.blogspot.com/2005/10/how-much-do-doctors-get-paid.html
Q- Can a doctor force you to get an abortion if your baby will be disabled?
A- "Legally, no one can force you to have an abortion" Doctors can influence you greatly to make this choice but thats about it.
http://yorkpregnancy.accountsupport.com/choices.php
Q-What percentage of woman develop gestational diabetes?
A- "Almost 9 percent of women in the US have diabetes, but about one third of them do not know it. Women with diabetes have an increased risk of pregnancy complications. In addition, 2 to 3 percent of women develop diabetes during pregnancy, called gestational diabetes."
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/uvahealth/peds_hrpregnant/gesdia.cfm
Ways of Giving Birth Questions
Q- What percent choose to take drugs during pregnancy?
A- "The survey found that an estimated 113,000 white women,75,000 African-American women, and 28,000 Hispanic women used illicit drugs during pregnancy." Im not sure if this is what the question meant but this is what google gave me.
http://www.drugabuse.gov/NIDA_Notes/NNVol10N1/NIDASurvey.html
Q- Where do they give birth squated?
A- "some of the indigenous people in Central and South America have a tradition of giving birth standing up or sitting."
http://www.daddytypes.com/2008/07/14/true_story_they_give_birth_standing_up_in_panama_peru.php
Q- what is the percent of women that give birth at home?
A- "In the period 2005–2008, 29 percent of deliveries in the Netherlands occurred at home, as against 35 percent in the period 1997–2000."
http://www.cbs.nl/en-GB/menu/themas/gezondheid-welzijn/publicaties/artikelen/archief/2009/2009-2696-wm.htm?WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublishedmethodenmethodenmethodencijferspublicatiescijferscijferspublicaties
Q-What is the most common method of bith?
A-"Doctors and midwives should recommend natural child birth as part of an NHS drive to reduce the number of births using epidurals and caesarean sections, according to the Government’s health watchdog."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/yourview/1564248/What-is-the-best-way-to-give-birth.html
Q-What percentage of C- sections are elective?
A-"About 36 percent of women were delivered prior to 39 weeks, electively by Caesarean,"
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_73577.html
Monday, February 9, 2009
Birth Stories
Mother A, had gotten pregnant at the ripe-old age of 25. It was sort of expected but not completly. It was early spring when she began having her contractions. She complained to me during the questioning how she had gotten an ear infection just days before she was due. Mother A called her mother (Grandma A) and told her that she needed to go to the doctor. Grandma A came over to get Mother A and accompinied her to the doctors office. Then the Evil Doctors told Mother A that she needed top stay in the hospital so that she can be monitored. She complanied about all the weight she had gained and how her face had gotten fat. Her Husband, Father A was at work when Mother A had found out that she was almost ready to give birth. "Father A was so convinced that the baby was going to be a boy" she told me. Baby A had come early, about 2 weeks early. She told me she always knew it was a girl and never doubted for a moment. Mother A had gotten an Epidoral and could not get up or eat. "It was so boring!" she said. Mother A was hooked up to several monitors, the Evil Doctors would come in and check on her frequently. Father A had gotten to the hospital by now and sat with Mother A for 20 hours. The next day, Friday apx 9:00am Father A had gotten up to stretch his legs. "The moment he left, the doctors came rushing in telling me that Baby A heart rate was lowering" They rushed her in to the delivery room. "The room was cold and dark and had blaring lights to the 200th power and it was about 0 below and all i had on was a thin gown" Sucks I thought.
Group Members: Me,Amanda,Margaux,Aja,Kati
Group Members: Me,Amanda,Margaux,Aja,Kati
Questions for Comparing Birth...
1. Are there any rituals other countries use during,after or before birth, are they similar or different to American "rituals"?
2. Is there really an "exact way" to have babies in America?--Does it vary depending on social class or race?
3. How often does the AWOB change? ex(C-Section, Midwife)
4. Is aboriton frowned upon in other countries or accepted/tolerated similar to how it is in America?
5. How many people adopt in America ns. Europe,China,Russia,Africa...?
6. Does media play large roles in birth in other countries as much as it does in America? ex( Brad and Angelina)
7. How does age play a part in birth? ex( young vs. old)
8. How does the way people view pregnant women change depending on age,marital status...?
9. How has medicine improved since the 1900's and 2000's?
10. Do cultures prefer genders? Do they try and control this?
11. Does the AWOB compare or contrast to other methods?
12. What aspects of birth in America, if any, have been adopted from other cultures?
13. What percentage of women opt to have C-Sections over Natural Birth per year?
*14. Do you think that "Scheduled C-Sections" is just another way to control pregnant women or is it really out of care for the baby?
15.What percentage of women opt to have fancy sh-mancy birth test? Is this available elsewhere in the world?
2. Is there really an "exact way" to have babies in America?--Does it vary depending on social class or race?
3. How often does the AWOB change? ex(C-Section, Midwife)
4. Is aboriton frowned upon in other countries or accepted/tolerated similar to how it is in America?
5. How many people adopt in America ns. Europe,China,Russia,Africa...?
6. Does media play large roles in birth in other countries as much as it does in America? ex( Brad and Angelina)
7. How does age play a part in birth? ex( young vs. old)
8. How does the way people view pregnant women change depending on age,marital status...?
9. How has medicine improved since the 1900's and 2000's?
10. Do cultures prefer genders? Do they try and control this?
11. Does the AWOB compare or contrast to other methods?
12. What aspects of birth in America, if any, have been adopted from other cultures?
13. What percentage of women opt to have C-Sections over Natural Birth per year?
*14. Do you think that "Scheduled C-Sections" is just another way to control pregnant women or is it really out of care for the baby?
15.What percentage of women opt to have fancy sh-mancy birth test? Is this available elsewhere in the world?
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Paragraph on Birth
Right now I don't like the idea of birth. Frankly I think its rather nasty at this age. The having the baby part seems painful but then again "Its not gonna hurt forever" thats what my mom always says. The thing that scares me is the after part. Once you have walked around wih this kid for nine months and then 20+ hrs of labor and then you get it out of you...then what? At this afe teen pregancy isn't so un-heard of. But taking care of it and providing for it is the part that scares me the most. I mean yeah I want to have a family and all but it seems like it only takes away from the woman..physically. And at 16 its just not for me.
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