The Experience Of The Miracle Of Childbirth

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.

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.

The history of childbirth is long, spanning across the entire history of every creature. The physical act has stayed the same with the exclusion of c-sections but the social aspect has changed drastically. Through exploring Nancy Dye’s History of Childbirth in America, Wenda Trevathan’s The Evolutionary History of Childbirth, and Barbra Rothman’s Childbirth as a Negotiated Reality, one will receive a glimpse into the social history of childbirth.

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

Bringing life into this world through child birth can be a beautiful, yet scary experience. While I was reading this article, I began reminiscing about my past pregnancies and experiences with child birth. Elizabeth Rourke was expecting her first child and had envisioned exactly how she wanted her labor and delivery to go. I too had many expectations of what I thought labor and delivery would be. How it exactly happened was an entirely different story. After her delivery by cesarean, Elizabeth felt deprived and like a failure. I had also had a similar experience during my first labor and delivery. “The Score” tells the story of Elizabeth Rourke’s child birthing experience, the history of delivery complications and the interventions and inventions used, and lastly how those interventions and inventions gave birth to modern medicine which we know today as obstetrics.

Early proponents of natural childbirth (Dick-Read, 1943; Karmal, 1959; Lamaze, 1970; Leboyer, 1975; and Bradley, 1978) developed programs to prepare women for childbirth that included relaxation, patterned breathing, hypnosis, and water immersion. Encouraged by the work of these early experts, women began to reclaim their autonomy in the birth process. “During the 1950s and 60s, women became more aware of the problems associated with heavy anesthesia during labor. Dense anesthesia had negative effects on women and their babies, and left women unable to play a role in their own care and that of their babies. Control of childbirth shifted from women (the birthing mother and her midwife), to the physician, (generally male at that time).” (Leggitt)

The extremity of this situation already provides ample space for a human struggle to be developed considering the natural pain of childbirth and the rough wilderness of Mongolia. The reaction of the speaker shows how changed her mentality and perspective is by the life changing event that she experiences. Initially the speaker fears childhood and motherhood due to her own insecurities. “I didn’t like childhood, and I was afraid that I’d have a child who didn’t, either. I was afraid I would be an awful mother” is a statement by the speaker that expresses this fear of very important life stages early on. However, after pregnancy and experiencing the human struggle that childbirth entails, the attitude once expressed fades away. The speaker is in awe at the birth of her child and every feature of the new being is amazing to her – “Every finger, every toenail, the golden shadow of his eyebrows coming in…all of it was miraculous, astonishing”. As a result of being transfixed by the miracle of childbirth, the speaker’s insecurities and fears are erased as she is enlightened from the struggle of the “unholy storm” they described childbirth being to the newfound beauty of

It was just 8:30 p.m. when I got ready to witness a surgery at Christus Spohn Hospital. As I scrubbed in, the obstetrician informed me about what my eyes were going to observe – childbirth. He told me about the woman’s experience with labor: “I am about to perform cesarean-section on her and I want you to know, that her womb may be empty”. I was shocked to hear such words come out of Dr. Shelton’s mouth. Thousands of questions immediately came to my head. Why would her womb be empty?

For thousands of years women have been delivering babies naturally without pain medications. We have survived as a species for this long this way. We were designed to birth without pain medications, so why is it that today it is more common to use the drugs than to deliver naturally? In this essay I will discuss the different arguments for mothers to consider an all-natural birth experience.

While viewing the powerful images of women giving birth at Dr. Michael Odents former clinic in Pithiviers, Martin expresses that what she saw (at the cost of medical text book images- which Dr. Odent, and Scientists describe as animal-like) is actually woman giving birth and

During my senior year of high school, I took Human Anatomy, and my attention was immediately drawn by the process a woman’s body goes through while creating, carrying, and birthing life. When we got to the birthing process I realized I had a true passion for babies and new life. Learning what a woman’s body goes through and the pain it tolerates when being pregnant and giving birth amazed me.

I’ve always had a love for science, and an interest in the human body. Ever since I was five, i’ve screamed about becoming a “baby doctor”. Now that I am older and I know that there are many physician tittle I could have that deal with children, I choose to be a Obstetric Gynecologist, because I don’t only want to treat babies, I want to deliver them. While having my first child I experienced how thrilling bringing a child into this world could be. There are screams, tears, laughter, and anger all at the same time. When I was pregnant my Obstetric Gynecologist was doctor James Fields. I’ve observed Dr.Fields for almost a year. Nine months and two weeks to be exact. It was

A common concept in the US is that a woman 's job is the have control of her body. Likewise, a woman 's experience with her pregnancy and childbirth has often been scrutinized by society. In "Beyond Control: Body and Self in Women’s Childbearing Narratives", Sharon K. Carter focuses on a woman’s experience of having control over their body during their pregnancy. Her thesis works around the body/self relationship that women create for themselves during pregnancy and childbirth. (Carter, 2010) She also details how society views a woman’s control over their body and how this perception translates to their period of pregnancy and childbirth. Throughout the article, Carter gives readers the underlying impression that she does not believe a woman has control of their body during their pregnancy but may have some control of their body during childbirth.

A pro-life doctor and his partner successfully bought out an abortionist out of his business in Florida and even convinced the latter to leave the region.