Pregnancy And The Birthing Experience

Giving birth to a baby is the most amazing and miraculous experiences for parents and their loved ones. Every woman’s birth story is different and full of joy. Furthermore, the process from the moment a woman knows that she’s pregnant to being in the delivering room is very critical to both her and the newborn baby. Prenatal care is extremely important and it can impact greatly the quality of life of the baby. In this paper, the topic of giving birth will be discussed thoroughly by describing the stories of two mothers who gave birth in different decades and see how their prenatal cares are different from each other with correlation of the advancement of modern medicine between four decades.

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.

I did not realize that giving birth was so costly until now, I gave birth with a C-section and I was not charged for anything and I had a different insurance. Normally in New York, when you go to your first visit to the hospital and you don't have insurance they make you apply for one and it cover all the costs depending on the insurance. I stayed in the hospital five days and receive a lot of care from the

Healthy childbirth is defined as a safe, natural process that rarely requires medical intervention (Goer & Romano, 2012). The medical model of care, however, often includes interventions that are not supported by the evidence and can increase a woman’s risk of having a cesarean section. These intrusions into labor and birth often lead to what has been called the “cascade of interventions” (DeClercq, Sakala, Corry,

Women often feel unprepared for the degree of perineal pain that they experience postnatally and its impact on activities of daily living, reporting feelings of isolation and lack of support throughout the postnatal period (Herron-Marx, Williams and Hicks, 2007a), therefore, encompassing community and hospital based midwifery care. Enduring perineal pain has long-term implications including depression (Pairman et al., 2011), with evidence supporting that the delivery of postnatal care is too short, as some women experience pain up until three months postnatally suffering in silence as there is no appropriate professional input (Whapples, 2014).

My one true goal in life was always to be a mother. I was thirty years old and had underwent over four surgeries on my female organs. I had finally given up hope that I may ever get pregnant and it not ultimately end in a miscarriage.

Having someone to support you while you go into labor is crucial; whether it be your husband, mother, doula etc.

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.

I interviewed my mother about her experience giving birth to me. Here is the interview in my mom’s words.

Childbirth can be described as one of the most rewarding and also painful experiences in a woman’s life. Most women choose some type of method to ease pain, however, there has been a lot of controversy over which pain management method is the most effective. Not only is the pain management method a factor, mothers have to choose which type of childbirth is right for them. Women can choose from out-of-hospital or in-hospital births and with the exception of complications, they can decide whether they want to deliver naturally or have medicinal assistance. The Center of Disease Control and Prevention reports that the percentage of out-of- hospital births has increased from 1.26% of U.S. births in 2011 to 1.36% in 2012, and has been increasing

I suspect my family’s history and recollections of experiences have had a significant impact on my beliefs as they compose the majority of my exposure to birth, due to not having experienced giving birth myself. Thankfully, fear is not a central theme that has been instilled in me. Although no one has denied that pain is often experienced, it is frequently reflected on as tolerable and a natural element of the

Preterm birth can be a devastating experience not only for the mother, but also for the child. This issue has plagued the United States and other countries for many years, and no concrete evidence have been found to tell us why preterm birth occurs. One in eight babies in the United States is born premature each year. The impact of social support on the psychological well-being, attitudes, and behavior of parents is rapidly becoming a major issue. It is becoming more and more difficult for mothers to cope with the long-term and short-term effects of premature birth. These parents’ attitude and behavior can have both a direct and indirect effect on the child's

Osborne and Hanson (2011) study aimed at providing a description of practices that certified midwives and nurses use as they respond to bearing down efforts by mothers while dealing with women during their second stage. Additionally, the study aimed to determine major factors linked to use of supportive methods during second stage of labor care. The results revealed that 82.4% of the midwives and nurse midwives frequently provided care and support for women who had no epidural anesthesia to initiate bearing down

The intensity of pain that women encounter during childbirth has been a topic in many studies in society since the beginning of time. However, although many research have been done it has not yet been determined whether the severity of the maternal labor pain endured by women was, or continues to be a product of nature or nurture. In the 1989 article titled “Cultural and Educational Influences on Pain of Childbirth” authors Matisyohu Weisenberg PhD and Zahava Caspi MS investigated how the social and cultural (or sociocultural) and the educational background of a women can indeed affect their behavior when enduring the severe pain of childbirth, their ability to cope and the way they expressed it. The study that was being investigated, is

Childbirth can be described as one of the most rewarding and also painful experiences in a woman’s life. Most women choose some type of method to ease pain, however, there has been a lot of controversy over with pain management method is the most effective. According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control), In 2013, there were 3,932,181 births recorded in the United States, 32.7% of those births were surgical procedures. In 2012, 1.36% of recorded births occurred out-of-hospital, meaning these births took place mostly in homes or birthing centers. Without the option of medicine that a hospital provides, how were these women able to manage their pain during labor and delivery. There are many different methods for easing pain during childbirth, some methods involve the use of medicine and surgery, and others include natural techniques, such as hypnosis, Lamaze, and many others. It is a personal preference of the parents over which method is right for the needs of the mother and child. This can be an overwhelming decision for new parents to make because they have to take into consideration the safety of the mother and child, pain management for the mother and desire for medical involvement.