Hw#36 Pregnancy and Birth Stories

The first person I interviewed was someone very close to me, I asked her a couple questions about birth and pregnancy. She is 7 months pregnant and the first question I asked was how did pregnancy affect you physically, emotionally, or in other ways? She answered "Being pregnant definitely affected me physically and emotionally I can hardly walk and it is so difficult to sleep because I cant move a lot and I have to stay on my back. It affects me emotionally because there are times where I am extremely moody. When my husband asks me for things I get really moody." I also asked her what thoughts and feelings influenced your choice to make a baby? she said "I really thought it was the right time to have a baby, my husband and I thought we were ready for a baby we both have jobs and we bring in a lot of money enough to support each other and the baby. We also love each other and whats the best way to show our love then having a baby."


The second person I interviewed already gave birth and I asked her what feelings come back to you when you remember labor and giving birth? she said "It was the worst pain in my life but seeing my baby made the feeling even better it was just very special and I would love to have the feeling again. I love my baby and I don't regret being pregnant." I also asked how did pregnancy affect you physically, emotionally, or in other ways? she said "It affected me physically my back was in pain the whole entire pregnancy Im a really skinny, short women and it really made my back hurt a lot."


The third person I interviewed I asked my own questions I asked the third person what was there thought about pregnant teenagers and would they have gotten pregnant or kept the baby if they were pregnant. She said "I don't think girls should be getting pregnant at that age and honestly I wouldn't even put myself in that situation and if I was in that situation I would never have that baby." I also asked her about home birth and hospital births she said "I would want my baby to be born in a hospital because I don't want to take the chance of my baby getting sick I want him or her close to the hospital because I don't want to take any chances. 

Hw#35

I interviewed my 2 of my cousins and a friend of mine and I noticed that the oldest of the 3 answered the questions with more connections and answered the questions thoughtfully and actually cared about answering the questions. I asked them the question Why do you think having a baby as a teenager not socially accepted in our society? My cousin Joseph the oldest of the 3 said that "Its just the time we live in everyone judges everyone. I don't think that teenagers should have babies because they have there whole life ahead of them teenagers should have and not worry about diapers and food and raising a kid when they can be out partying and having a good time." My cousin Josh the 2nd oldest said "I think it isn't socially accepted either because it doesn't make sense to have a baby this young even if someone is nice to the pregnant girl everyone has the thought that getting pregnant this young isn't smart." 

I asked my friend Stephen what his thoughts were about birth and he said "I think of birth like death it brings everyone together to give there blessing and giving birth is a very special moment because when my sister was born a few years ago I was extremely happy and I couldn't stop thinking about being a brother. It was annoying I had to do everything for my mom I hate how you always have to be nice to pregnant there so moody." I asked them there thoughts on Home Birth vs. Hospital Births and they agreed that they rather have there kids in a hospital because they think its the safest thing they can do if something were to happen to the baby they want the baby to be as close to doctor as possible. I noticed that they all said something similar but they were also unclear and also didn't answer most of my questions because they also didn't know the answers to the questions my group and I made.

Hw#34

I always had the question on why people prefer doing a house birth instead of a hospital birth. You have to have a midwife or a nurse that is very experienced in house birth. I always thought it was a lot safer to do it in a hospital because what if something is seriously wrong with the baby and you need to go to the hospital and help the baby and potentially save the babies life. For me it doesn't make any sense for any body to give a home birth because it can harm the baby if the baby isn't healthy enough to be born. I always thought that hospitals would take care of the baby better because once you give birth it takes a few days to check the babies heartbeat and pulse before you can go home with the baby. I never thought of home births as a good idea I would want someone to explain that to me.

I also think that people can give birth at what ever age they want if they can support the baby and themselves and also be able to go to school. I always thought that if you are set in life then you are able to have a kid for example if you are 18 with parents that support you and you are financially stable and have the ability to go to school and are able to sacrifice your social time for your kid then you can have a kid. If you cant do any of those things then I don't think you should be thinking about having a kid because you aren't stable and you don't have a child friendly environment.

Questions:

• Why do people do home births instead of hospital births?
• Why are people giving birth young not socially accepted?
• What is a C-Section?
• What kind of drugs do they give women when they want them?