HW 38 - Insights from pregnancy & birth book - part 1

1. How the book is organized (2-3 sentences)
The book is organized to get you to understand womens bodies, and how they work and changed over time to talking bout midwifes and their jobs and how it changed over time as well. Then it goes on to talk about the beginning of pregnancy and the differences in different pregnancy's.

2. The major question the book tries to answer (1-2 sentences) and some responses you have to that question (2-4 sentences).
The major question that it trying to answer now is how did people in the past had babies. As weel as how animals have babies and why are thing different.

3. The major insight the book tries to communicate in the first 100 pages (1-3 sentences) and your response to that insight (2-4 sentences).
The major insight that it tried to give is that pregnancy is a hard thing to go through. That everyone doesn't have the same problems and it is hard to really say what is going to happen to you. I think that from these insight it meade me think more about if I want kids in the future. That I may not have the birth that I want so is ir really worth going throught all of that pain for a baby that you have to spend all your time taking care of.

4. 5 interesting aspects of pregnancy and birth that you (and the author) agree deserve public attention (1-2 sentences each)
1.Hman women are the only ones that need help with their birth
2.Being among strangers can retard labor
3.Two centuries ago midwives were major figures in their communities
4.Most midwives help immigrants
5.Some cultures have beliefs about birth.

5. The author's use of evidence - what support does the author build for her/his arguments, how reliable do you find the evidence, how deftly does the author use the evidence without stalling the progress of the book?
Suggestions for each of the 5 points above;
Family, Scientist, Midwives,People from diffrent cultures.