Birth Experience Essay

I can still remember hearing the rumble of the garage door closing despite my groggy state. I grabbed some shoes and tumbled through the kitchen, flung the door open, and re-opened the garage door. The engine was warming up in the driveway. "Wait," I called out frantically. "I'm coming with you!"

I have three children two boys and one girl, but when I got pregnant of my third baby I did not planed to have another baby. I was using calendar method because the pills method had side effect in my body; so I decided to use the calendar method, but just worked for three years the calendar method because I got pregnant. I was in shock because I did not want to have another baby. I remember when I went to the doctor and he told me that I was pregnant I started cry and my husband was with me and he told me that everything will be okay not to worry.

Premature birth has been linked to a vast array of lungs problems, the earlier the birth the greater risk of health complications(Davis R and Mychaliska G, 2013). A majority of the health problems will affect the infant for the rest of their life (Davis R and Mychaliska G, 2013). Infants born between the canalicular and the saccular period (week 25) have lung development that is unsuitable for gas exchange (Davis R and Mychaliska G, 2013). Two major complications that arise with undeveloped lungs is bronchopulmonary dysplasia, and pulmonary arterial hypertension (Mahgoub L. et al. 2017).

School of Nursing and Midwifery and Women Health Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran

On my 5th or 6th birthday in Georgia, my parents told me the story of my special birth.

In “The Birthmark” the relationships and behaviors of the character reveal much more than the story itself does. The characters of Aylmer, Georgian, Amenidab and Nature itself, through their words, actions, and behaviors give insight into a much more meaningful story. A deeper analysis of the characters reveals that they are archetypes, and as archetypes they provide a deeper hidden meaning to the story. By looking at Aylmer, Georgiana, Amenidab and Natures relationships and actions throughout the story we can see how they are used to give deeper significance.

Gordon, Linda, Heroes of their Own Lives: The Politics and History of Family Violence, 1988 (New York, New York: Viking Penguin Inc., 1988), 383.

The interviewees are Rick (46) and Jennifer (45) Rick and Jennifer were married in February of 1992. Rick was in the Navy Seabees, and Jennifer was a medical transcriptionist. They were married for eighteen years, before divorcing in 2010. During those eighteen years, they had two children. Their daughter was born in October of 1994, and is she currently 22 years old. Approximately two and a half years later, their son was born February of 1997, and he is currently 19 years old.

To obtain evidence to answer my question, I searched Google Scholar, Google Scholar is a database that compiles articles from scholarly sources. When searching, I used the terms “epidural”, “c-section” and “labor” to find my articles. I also used exclusion criteria. I specified that all articles should be published later than 1995, so that I got the most up to date articles. This search yielded 54 results, which I then sorted through. First, I read the titles of the articles and if they seemed to apply to the question, I read the abstract of the article. Through this process, I determined that 5 articles had the potential to answer my question.

I believe an infographic would be an ideal digital marketing tool to get information about the app to new mothers. New mothers, and fathers, are figuring out their new routines, and how to manage their time while getting very little sleep. New mothers spend a lot of time sitting down feeding their baby. I don’t think they are enjoying many, if any, extended internet surfing sessions. They are more likely quickly scanning Facebook, or Instagram to post more pictures of the new addition, or reading the comments about the pictures that were posted previously. These new mothers are not going to spend a lot of time digging for information. Therefore, an infographic would get the important bullets of how this tracking app could help manage and create routines.

Childbirth is a beautiful thing. After the hours of labor, there is nothing more special than having the newly mother able to hold her child the minute after it’s born. It makes the pain that you had just experienced go away because all that matters in the world is that newborn child in your arms. During labor, every woman has her own experience but one common experience is the pain. According to Kitzinger (1978) “Labor pain can have negative or positive meaning, depending on whether the child is wanted, the interaction of the laboring woman with those attending her, her sense of ease or dis-ease in the environment provided for birth, her relationship with the father of her child and her attitude to her body throughout the reproductive

Per the article by Dekker, What is the Evidence for Pushing Position, “Most women in the U.S. give birth either lying on their backs (57%) or in the semi-sitting/ lying position with the head of the bed raised up (35%). A small minority of women give birth in alternative positions such as side lying (4%), squatting or sitting (3%), or hand-knees position (1%).” During the second stage of labor, the recumbent position, in which the patient is lying on their back with the hips and knees flexed, has been the ‘gold standard’ position used in the hospital setting. Is the recumbent position the most effective position for natural childbirth, or are alternative birthing positions being overlooked and something to be considered for better outcomes? Could an alternative position be a better method for natural childbirth and aid in the reduction of complications?

One September 23, 2004 a healthy baby boy was brought into the world. The doctor sporting a snow-white lab coat with a blue collared shirt exclaims to my mother, “congratulations a beautiful baby boy.” I had a brother now, someone I could spend time with, someone to bond with. I sat next to my father as my mother corralled the newly born child within her arms. “What’s his name?” I enthusiastically asked my father. My dad pronounced, “his name is Joey, and he is your new baby brother.”

Birth of a child can be such a happy time, especially when the little one is very healthy. We all have seen the movies when a new child is born, some of us are lucky to see it first hand. Some of us do get goose bumps, me being one of them. It is just so exciting to see that little life come out of what has been in that big belly for nine months. We sometimes refer to the birth of a child as labor. If only it was as easy as the name sounds. However, it is not. There are three main stages in birth. The first stage is the longest stage that can last 12 to 14 hours with the first birth, and later births are shorter. Dilation and effacement of the cervix take place here. That is when the uterine contractions gradually become more frequent and

Mother: I have a case of moderate arthritis from playing tennis and gardening, so my doctors were concerned about my body's ability to carry the pregnancy to full term and handle the full ordeal of the delivery. The birth of our child took a long time. I was in labor for nearly four days. We hired a lovely midwife who has specialized knowledge in handling special births, but after the second day, we decided to load me up in the car and head for the hospital. It was frightening, I suppose, but I also felt a clarity of purpose. I really wanted this baby and I knew that the baby's best chance and my best chance for survival was for me to stay calm and coherent as possible, for the sake of my family.