Reflection About My Pregnancy Plan

However, people fail, and not only because of lack of education or responsibility, but also because of simple contraceptives unavailability. At this stage, a woman face a perspective of bearing and having an unplanned and consequently, unwanted child.

The delightful and creative use of words by Cathy Song paints a very vivid picture for the reader. What some women may consider the pangs of pregnancy, Cathy delights in. There are no complaints in her words but rather a peaceful acceptance of her role as a woman. She enjoys being pregnant. As noted early, Cathy places family at the top of her priorities. It is very important to her and therefore worth writing about.

One day while walking through Frankenmuth, my mother had a gut feeling that she was expecting. When my parents returned home from the day’s festivities my mom snuck away to take a pregnancy test, which confirmed she was in fact pregnant. According to my dad, he was surprised and very excited to be expecting. My parents had long been trying to start their family but had suffered a miscarriage 8 weeks into their first pregnancy. Due to the prior miscarriage, my parents decided to use caution and wait until they made it through the first trimester to share the news with friends and family. My mother went on to explain that pregnancy changed everything for her from her diet to her daily activities. Both of my parents

Although I was very hesitant to come to last night’s class I’m glad I did. I wanted to take anxiety meds before-hand but I didn’t have any left. The concepts of pregnancy and childbirth are uncomfortable for me because I’m adopted. I’m not sure if it was me being overwhelmed with the topic or what but I feel like it was rushed and I’m not sure how much of it I absorbed or understood it. There was so much terminology when it came to the infertility solutions.

The birthing process is a commonly known, world-wide event, whether you are in the United States or in a different country. Everyone differs with their processes and customs throughout birth. Some women seek medical attention to help with their birth, as others tend to do it on their own with no help. With research we are able to learn, understand, and compare this beautiful aspect of life between different cultures.

From the lecture, I learned that pregnancy can be a very unique experience for different types of people and can surely be a psychological challenge. With this this new understanding, it became easy to recognize why midwives could end up being very beneficial for expecting mothers, all the way throughout the process of pregnancy. This is where I became particularly interested because besides the midwives job having the women understand the process of pregnancy, it was their job to help the women attain a certain level of peace and calm, all the way throughout the process, as they have someone that they come to trust right up until the end. Having the women in the mindset that it will be a good experience is vital in making it be so in actuality.

The “Business of Being Born” video explores the various birthing experiences for women that utilized mid-wives. The natural birthing experience has endured a cultural shift from the use of midwives to hospital delivery and set up for a conventional hospital birth. The natural birth phenomenon is described as being empowering and is considered as a privilege of giving life, and the responsibility of the experience allows for women the claim of victory after birthing, which is seen as a rite of passage and life-altering experience (www.vaksini.eu, 2013).

This book exposes hidden cultural assumptions about the nature of reality. Martin has produced a powerful study of the dialectic between metaphors for women reproductive processes and women’s own views of those processes.

Hunt. (2017), new report on physiologic birth on “Hormonal Physiology of Childbearing: Evidence and Implications for Women,

Women are now tasked with trying to maintain a balance between a natural and medical childbirth, all while losing and reclaiming control. As Walsh (2010) describes, this type of struggle or rather, ‘dichotomized thinking,’ concerning natural and medical childbirth, leads women feeling a sense of uncertainty and stress. Specifically, within western society, women are losing trust in the birthing process and losing their expectations of experiencing a natural birth (Reiger: 2006). The medical model, popular culture, media, and social influences from family or friends, have instilled a belief in which birth is a process to be feared. The fear of birth is perpetuated by medical professionals questioning women’s abilities to give birth on their

Expecting a child is one of the greatest joys in life. Men and women all over the world anxiously look forward to holding that sweet child in their arms after what seems like an eternity. They have spent the greater part of nine months preparing the nursery, buying cute outfits, stocking up on the essentials, and reading books devoted to raising that wonderful miracle. Many family members, friends and random strangers have given practical, useable advice as to how life will go with a newborn. The information read or heard has prepared the soon to be new parents for anything thrown their way relating to the new child. Yet, there some not so charming outcomes a new child can bring for parents that many do not share, and such outcomes are possibly

The research offers some grounds for supporting the claim, but notable factors affect a direct link between keeping a food diary and double loss of weight. Therefore, though the research supports the claim, the confounding factors, notable in the research, such as compliance to support group meeting, adherence to DASH, and compliance to moderate intensity level of exercises for at least 30 minutes can also have an influence on weight loss. It is difficult to significantly isolate food records

Imagine for a second that you are a thirteen-year-old girl. Think about being back in middle school with all of your youthfulness, all of your innocence—carefree—just beginning to learn about yourself and the world. You have just begun to feel freedom and feel more like an adult. Now imagine that, one day, you are raped. You are raped by a stranger in your own house, and nobody is around to help you. Now, if that wasn’t horrible enough, imagine finding out nineteen weeks later that you are pregnant—carrying the child of your attacker within your body. The terror of that day suddenly returns, reminding you of the tragic incident that occurred almost five months before. You’ve always wanted to have children, but not this early—not this way.

Being pregnant is one of the most dichotomous events of human experience. It can be almost divine in its beauty and nearly hell-like in its misery. Having been through three pregnancies, I have experienced firsthand both extremes.

From taking this class, I have gained significant understanding of biological determinants of women’s health. Learning about the number of unique biological risks women face is important to understand for me because I am a woman and this risks are likely to pertain to me as well. One of topic of biological aspect of women’s health we covered in class were risks factors associated with pregnancy, its complication and pregnancy itself. Understanding about maternal death and number of causes such as hemorrhage, sepsis, hypertensive, and abortion