Saturday, 9 March 2013

My Personal Birthing Experience

It was a bright, cool Saturday morning, when I was sitting down having my breakfast. After eating about a quarter of my food I started to feel upset and went to the bathroom. Upon returning I realize that I began to feel even worst. I can clearly recall my friend calling just to check upon me  and advise me that I should go see my doctor. Being very obedient I went and saw him. Upon being examined he told me that he was going to have to do an emergency surgery because the cervix was very soft and the baby was not dilating and the pain that I was feeling was minor contractions and they were not going to get any heavier because the baby was resting on my ribs. I became so afraid and surprised that my blood pressure went up. Nevertheless, I had my baby a couples hours after through a caesarean section. The experience was not bad after all because I did not went through the natural process to have the contractions so I was very grateful.
I totally chose this example because it was my first experience in undergoing a process like that so I am able to relate it with others who went through that process. My thoughts regarding birth and its impact towards child development is that birth is indeed a pleasure to feel as sense of ownership or maturation. Its impacts towards child development is that I am capable of observing and identifying the different stages of life, I am able to provide the necessary stimulation towards my child to develop holistically as an independent individual.

REGION CHOSEN TO FIND OUT ABOUT BIRTH THERE- China
I chose the country China to research on birth in their country so that I could be able to make adequate similarities and find out the differences that underlies between that country and my personal experience. It was very profound to have found out that this country performed mostly caesarean sections as it relates to giving birth. This was the same procedure that I went through. The difference however, that I found out about this country was that after birth the child is considered to be a year old as age is calculated from the day of conception and not the date of birth. I have gained the insights that culture within given countries differ thus leading towards countries practicing different strategies / sometimes some of same to the whole aspect of birthing experiences.     

2 comments:

  1. Hello Latoya,

    I enjoyed readi about your personal experince, and I am glad to know that unlike many other women had a plesant labor delivery. I enjoyed reading your blog about China, I wonder if the if the caesarean sectins have anything to do with the one child rule?

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  2. Hello Latoya,
    I enjoyed reading your post. I am truly glad I am not in china because one caesarean section was enough for me. The rest after were all vaginal.

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