Write about a personal birthing experience. It can be your own birth, your child's birth, or one you took part in. What do you remember about the event? Why did you choose this example? What are your thoughts regarding birth and its impact on child development?
-I'm going to talk about a birth that I have been told about; being that the three suggestive questions do not pertain to me. I'm going to describe my brother's birth, who is 2years older than I am. My brother's name is Jeff, and he was overdue by 1week. My mother had a docter's appointment on a Monday and she was told that if she didn't go into labor over the weekend, that she should to the hospital 6am Monday morning. My father took my mother in on that Monday morning so she could be induced. My mother can't remember if she asked not to know, or if the sex of the baby was unavailble; but at that time of being induced, she had not been told yet as to what she was having. Sometime that afternoon, after being induced, she birthed a son. My mother experienced a very hard labor, and the pain medicine was not very effective. The baby was larger than expected which caused a very stressful labor. At birth, the baby weighed 8lbs, 15 oz. and had a very large head!
-I chose to write about this experience, because this was my mother's worst labor and her only late baby of three children. My mother was having other health complications; such as gestational diabetes, and very bad swelling of the legs and feet; which caused her having to use crutches. My mother's other two children, my sister and I were normal deliveries and didn't cause too much pain. :)
-The birth of a baby at times can produce it's ups and downs. But after the end results of some happy and sad times, a beautiful baby is born.
Choose a region of the world or a country, other than the U.S., and find out how births happen there. Write about what you learned, and the differences and similarities with your experience (in the personal example you provided). What additional insights, if any, about the impact of the birthing experience on development, did you gain from this comparison?
-I have selected Bermuda to research and find out what similiarities and differences do they share with the USA, when it comes to women giving birth. In Bermuda, it is common for women to go to the hospital; one in particular: King Edward VII Memorial Hospital. KEMH allows the new mother to recover depending on private insurance companies and what is covered. The new mother is also allowed to have visitors during specific hours of the day as well as some down time during the "quiet hours" of the ward. 1 piece of information that I did find interesting is that all Maternity Nurses are both RN's and registered nurse midwives. I think that is an plus and if families decide to change their mind and or are sent home because of a false alarm; the same maternity nurse that have been dealing with will also be able to be their midwive because of the duplicated education.
Resources:
Bermuda Hospitals Board, 2012;
http://www.bermudahospitals.bm/womens-services/maternity.asp
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