HW 39 - Insights from Book - Part 2

After having read the second hundred pages (roughly) of your book please address the following points either in separate paragraphs or as Q & A;
1. After MLA citation list several topics/areas the book has taught you about that the "Business of Being Born" either ignored or treated differently or in less depth.
I found that giving birth to the doctor is not about how the women feel r getting the baby out alive. It is about getting it out so that they can go on in their life and do hat they have to do to get money. And that doctors are not really need to be ther becuase women body know what do to .
2. The major insight the book tries to communicate in the second 100 pages (1-3 sentences) and your response to that insight (2-4 sentences).
The book really trys to sellthat mid wifes are better then doctors. And that women can really have the birth that they want to have, As weel as have birth with out much pain. I think that this is good because when I look back my sister had a mid wife and had a good labor. She didn't feel anything and she was calm and had my niece they way she wanted to.
3. List 5 interesting aspects of pregnancy and birth discussed in the second hundred pages that you agree deserve wider attention (include page number).
1. where c-section came from(pg 107)
2. that fathers was not always allowed in the room(pg 127)
3.that men would study women having babies (pg 139)
4.the tools that they use(pg 161)
5. the chair they have to help them give birth(pg 183)

4. Independently research one crucial factual claim by the author in the second hundred pages and assess the validity of the author's use of that evidence.

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.

HW 37 Comments on Birth & Pregnancy Stories.

Hey Ally,
I like how you talked about the danger taht comes with having a baby. And how you talked about girls that get raped and don't know what to do with the baby or even if they should keep it. I think that people should think about these things. But I think that one thing that you should do next time is write who you talked to because at first I thought you were talking about your self. But good job

Hey Luz.
I like that you asked people that you were close with and women you look at up. Also how after the interviews you thought about what they said and really thought about how that change you thoughts or mad you think even more how most people feel that way. Great job.

Hey Brandon,
You really seem to think about what these women that gave birth had to say. YOu really seem to understand what they are trying to say about birth. But you should reread before you post. Good job

HW 36 - Pregnancy & Birth Stories

1. How did pregnancy affect you physically, emotionally, or in other ways?
2. What did you do, while pregnant, to prepare for giving birth?
3. What actions and attitudes by specific other people made your pregnancy and birth more joyous? More challenging?
4. What thoughts and feelings influenced your choice to make a baby?
5. What feelings come back to you when you remember labor and giving birth


Aunt Nessa:
1.I was sick in the first three months. I was happy for first child because I was 26 and wanted a baby. My second child I was like oh shit, I was a little scared because I was not ready for this one or had planeed it.
2.While I was pregnant I read alot of books, did alot of walking, I also took classes on things, and saw the doctors alot to make sure everything is ok
3.Their daddy was happy and everyone was happy for me good
4.The reason why I had my baby is because I was ready to be a mother, and because O was making good money to take care of me and my baby
5.While I was pregnant I had beautiful skin and I did go through what some women say they go through butr the labor part was the worst part of my life. I would never wish that on anyone I know or hate.

My Sister:
My sister was 19 when she found out she was pregnant with my niece. She tried top hide it from my mom as lomg as she could until she started to show. My mom was sad that she was having a baby so young but she did help my sister 100 percent. And she as happy that she got a granddaughter. But sometimes my sister wishes she would have waited to have my niece so that she could of had a life and go out with her friends. and the crazy part is that all her close friends had babies the same year she had my niece.

My Mom:
My mom had me and my sieter. My sister was more of a surprise to my mom she was 16 and was not ready nor did she know she was pregnant. She went 4 months with out knowing that she was having a baby and by the time she found out she had to have her. And on top of that my sister cane out after 6 months and sooo small. And everyone was disappionted in my mom and since my mom was 16 she was unfit to take care of a child so my grandmother did. So my mom knew that her next child was going to be when she was ready to take care of a child in all the ways she could.

HW 35 - Other Peoples' Perspectives 1

Most people my age or in my age range kind of feel that same way. We mostly feel like we are to youg to have kids. But there are some kids that do find it cute to have kids when they young, not really knowing what it is really like to have a baby. Even from looking at the show 16 and pregnant these girls have babies and show the whole world how they should not be having kids or ready to be mothers but they think that it is cute. And know people are get pregnant just to be on the show, it seems like now days having a baby is something that is looked at as something that not that serious.

So I asked people that I know wat they think and this what they said:

My sister: I never wanted to have kids at a young age. But I ended up getting pregnant at 19 and having a baby at 20. At first it was cute because me and my friend were all pregnant at the same time and we had little thoughts about how our life would be. That quickly changed after I started to show and my mom saw and got on my case. Then as I got closer to my due date I realize life would not be the same or the way I thought.

Nia: I think that it is dumb because we are still kids and we don't know enought for another life to be dependent on us

Tykeem: Well I think that it is stupid because that means that they wasn't using protection so that meand that really didn't care to begin with. But I us to it because there are a lot of pregnant girls and mother at Clinton. I mean me personally it don't mean nothing to mean because I am not with them.

Queen: I wouldn't have a baby I would get an abortion. And I would be scared and nervous.

Marquis:It is kind of dumb becuase they are still young. And then most of the time the man leaves they, so they are stuck with a baby by their selves.

HW 34 - Some Initial Thoughts On Birth

Birth..... when I think of birth I think of pain. And people always say it is the worst pain but could it be more worst then getting ran over by 10 cars? From being in the room watching my sister my niece I could feel/ imagine the pain that she was going through in my stomach but I feel that same pain when I see anything that looks painful. But I think that as humans when we don't know how something is going to be or feel we come up with the worst pain and it doesn't even feel as bad as we thought. So does that mean giving birth really hurt or we are just making it more then we know because we have not gone through it.

Another thing I think about is what if someone doesn't want it have their baby but they have to have. Like do you go through those 6-9 months carrying the baby to just give it up, or do you keep it? And in this time people look at you crazy if you do decide to give up your baby. They say how could you care something for 9 months and not feel close to it. But I don't think that they are noit thinking about that , I feel that they would want to keep a baay that has you in t. But the it is not about you it is about the kid, what is going to be best for the kid.

How can some one be pregnant and not know it?
What does it feel like to know you have a person inside of you?
Why don't babies remember anything?
When does it become real when you have the baby or when you know about it?
Do men feel the same about being a father as women do about being a mother?
What is really going on in the body throughout the 9 months

HW 27 - Visiting an unwell person

I did not visit anyone due to it being the holidays, but I do talk to my father everyday about my sick grandmother. And from talking to him I see that I am happy that my father does not take me up there to see her. I do love her and want to let her know how much I love her before she died, but I know I will not be able to look at her and deal with that fact that she is dying. So that showed me how even though she is dying and ill all me and my dad can think about is how we feel.
From talking to him I said to really see how we don't want people to see us ill, or other people don't want to see us ill. We try to hide the fact that we are dying. Most of us want to act like if people don't see us and act the way they do we will forget that we are sick and that things will be better. I learned that some of us are a little more ok with death and ok with sharing that trip with everyone. That there is nothing to be scared of, but shouldn’t we be scared. Why should be not be scared of not moving, thinking, eating and loving again?
From talking to Beth and her trip with her husband dying I never think I could do that. Because when you come down to it I selfish. And we all are, we just don't want to say it. I could not look at them as they turn into nothing and never mind that they have to look, feel and think about dying. I could not tell them it is going to be ok when I know that I am lying even when they are hoping they will. I can't be there and just have the thoughts of things while in a few seconds, months, years they will be dead. I could not think about them because I would be busy thinking about myself. And not meaning to but it just happening.
So from this unit I learned that I not ok with death and that most people aren't. I can't stop it or change when it is going to happen. Nor can most people tell people that they are dying. But then most we can do is just live life and tell the ones we love that we love them.