Childbirth Experiences Of Women And Women

Although the security of Australia is grateful, the social inclusion was disregarded. (In text) described the lack of interpreting services in Australian hospitals and an absence of personal and communal care impacted on their experiences giving birth. Frequently, normal births became confusing or difficult for the midwife to manage, and with a language barrier it can become exacerbated due to stress of the women. (In text) have researched in responses from the women’s culture can vary from healthcare to healthcare professionals, with younger women displaying preparedness to report and identify discrimination. They believe the problems lie within the health care, coupled with the inability of women who require attention, not within the healthcare system itself, but more likely individual social attitudes which are the women’s rights to be treated (in text). Stress, depression, hopelessness and feelings of hostility can play a part from the language barriers. Without understanding each other the midwife and women would not achieve a good professional relationship. Without the rapport, labour and birth is compromised by the frustrations on the midwife and women due to the language barrier. This compromised by the lack of verbal

In the United States, the process of childbirth is far more dangerous for African American women than it is for White women. For African American women, the path to a healthy birth is riddled with barriers. There are many health disparities between the two races. African American women face much higher low-birth and infant mortality rates; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published that although infant mortality rates in the U.S. have dropped by over 10% in the past ten years, a large gap continues to exist between the health of the races during the entire childbirth process. (World Health Organization, 2010) In the United States, Black infants are more than twice as likely to die within the first year of life as a White infant, and this disparity has not seen advancements in the last century. Many of these deaths can be attributed to low birth weight, and preterm birth among black infants.

For hundred of years, women have wrestled with their womanhood, bodies, and what it means to be a woman in our society. Being a woman comes with a wonderful and empowering responsibility--giving birth. What sets us aside from other countries is that the process and expectations of giving birth has changed in our society; coming from midwifery, as it has always been since the early times, to hospitals where it is now expected to give birth at. Midwifery was a common practice in delivering babies in

Does everybody think or feels the same about childbirth around the world? This question above is a question that has always been in my mind. Now that I got the opportunity of choosing a topic to do research. I decided to choose childbirth and culture. This research paper is going to talk about how different cultures and countries look a birth in an entirely different manner. Some look at birth as a battle and others as a struggle. And on some occasions, the pregnant mother could be known as unclean or in other places where the placenta is belief to be a guardian angel. These beliefs could be strange for us but for the culture in which this is being practiced is natural and a tradition. I am going to be introducing natural and c-section childbirth. And, the place of childbirth is going to be a topic in this essay. America is one country included in this research paper.

Today we will be looking at the different conditions and practices of childbirth through two distinct cultures. Childbirth is a universal element throughout any culture, and just like other cultures, we all have are own way of doing things. Take for example North American and Nepal, both have a very unique way of providing care and creating conditions fit for women giving birth. Although hospital settings, medicine, and other medical producers, are things women would consider normal practices while giving childbirth in America, Women in Nepal are often not given the same societal help while giving birth, which In return often leads to death.

(2012) and Swain and Dahlen (2013) Australian studies used a quantitative methodology to obtain data. Each paper evidences the raw data, improving the transparency of the research (Department for International Development, 2014), allowing the reader to make comparisons between the data enabling the findings to be critiqued in terms of relevance and reliability (Wicherts, Bakker and Molenaar, 2011; Critical Appraisal Skills Program, 2013). As each of the studies are Australian the generalizability of the findings should be applied with caution to the UK population (Papaioannou, 2013). However, as Australian midwifery practice is similar to the UK's with midwives being the primary care providers for normal pregnancies (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, 2015), and as pain is endured by the majority of women regardless of demographic location (Declercq et al, 2008), the findings are increasingly

Australia may be one of the safest countries in the world to give birth in, but it is far from reaching the needs of consumers (Dahlen, et al., 2011, p. 21). In Australia, three main settings are available for birthing mothers: hospital, home and birthing centres. The choice of a preferred birth setting is influenced strongly by (a) “belief Systems”, (b) “convenience” (c) finances and (d) “reputation” (Dahlen, et al., 2008, p. 24). There has been considerable discussion and criticism focused on personalised non-fragmented care outside bureaucratic

This article was all about mistreatment of women during childbirth in health facilities. Even though, they stated that mistreatment has declined, it was shocking to see that it still exists at a level that needs to be studied. The background of the mistreatment ranges from neglect, abuse, and overall disrespect, however, I feel like there is so much more that can be addressed and there is later in the article, which I found very important. Continuing, reading that the mistreatment is not only through interaction of women and provider, but also through systematic failure at the facility itself was a valuable point to bring across, because when thinking of mistreatment I immediately thought of person to person.

- Hct 31.2 (Normal: 34-47%) Low for the normal female, however for the postpartum woman is expected to their Hct level between 30-44%. No action required by the nurse. If this level was found to be abnormal, the same interventions applied to low Hgb would apply.

In particular birth is viewed differently everywhere and rather of not they give the patients drugs to relieve the pain. In the United States the women are not given drugs till the doctor feels that they are in enough pain and the performance of pain. Brigitte Jordan notes that in the United States women exabits rather high levels of noise, anxiety, and vocal despair bordering on panic during the birth. However, in Sweden the women are quiet, intense concentration during the process of birth. The women in Sweden are introduced to a variety of pain medicines, benefits and effects and women decide if they take the medicine. Unlike women in the United States who have to prove they are in pain and then the doctor decides if they should give the women the

Culture is an enormous part of our lives. It can affect every part of our daily living from our health, nutrition, religious beliefs, and communication, to even how one is expected to think and behave. This paper explores various cultural beliefs on childbirth and specifically childbirth positions from three different cultures, Chinese, Indian, and American. The basic differences in cultures permeates one’s perspective on birth and is part of why certain beliefs and restrictions are present. How one brings new life into the world is steeped in traditions unique to each culture.

Peter Slipper was texting a colleague and included many innuendos and slurs about women. The colleague later decided to sue him for sexual harassment, which he then resigned. This then triggered a debate between Mrs. Gillard and conservative opposition leader Tony Abbott. Mrs. Gillard spoke out and said "The leader of the opposition says that people who hold sexist views and are misogynists are not appropriate for high office. Well, I hope the leader of the opposition is writing out his resignation because if he wants to know what misogyny looks like in modern Australia, he needs a mirror". An article on the Guardian explains “The prime minister said she had been offended when Abbott had stood in front of placards at political rallies that

Since ethnography is the most appropriate methodology for studying customs I have decided to research the birthing process of different cultures. Lithotomy is the worst position because it puts pressure on the baby’s head. In this position the pressure is taking away from the oxygen, which causes the baby lacks oxygen. So I would like to present this question, Why is childbirth, which should be such a beautiful and individual experience for the woman, treated in such a highly standardized way in the United States? Also, I would like to ask why do other cultures preform different birthing processes.

Giving birth in the hospital has become so normal in our lives that we can’t see any other alternative when thinking about childbirth. Due to the medicalization of childbirth, risks and fears of health complications can be addressed. However, it has led to women not truly being in control of their labor and delivery experience. Although the medical practice comes in handy when there is an emergency, the medicalization of childbirth has created a social reality that simply state that women are not in control of their own labor and delivery. The outcomes of the medicalization of childbirth have good influences on the health of the baby, but a negative effect on the women’s agency power and empowerment.

Precipitous labor, according to Suzuki (2015), can be defined as birth lasting less than three hours after the start of contractions. Wilbeck and Schorn (2013) found “In 2008 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention documented 4,247,694 live births in the United States.1 Of those births, 96,180 were reported as precipitous in nature” (p. 4). Precipitous births can be problematic for mother and baby as well as the staff providing the care. In my interview, the mother’s birth was occurring so fast she did not have time to make it to the hospital and gave birth in the ambulance.