...Methods of a Natural Childbirth Childbirth is a beautiful thing. After the hours of labor, there is nothing more special than having the newly mother able to hold her child the minute after it’s born. It makes the pain that you had just experienced go away because all that matters in the world is that newborn child in your arms. During labor, every woman has her own experience but one common experience is the pain. According to Kitzinger (1978) “Labor pain can have negative or positive meaning, depending on whether the child is wanted, the interaction of the laboring woman with those attending her, her sense of ease or dis-ease in the environment provided for birth, her relationship with the father of her child and her attitude to her body throughout the reproductive process” (p.119). Although I have not given birth yet and with me being a young female adult, it is something that I think about often. In the U.S., giving birth naturally has become more common to many mothers and once that decision is made, the next is to decide what type of childbirth method they want to experience, the Lamaze method or the Bradley method. Why a natural childbirth? The kind of pregnancy, labor, and birth our children experience has a profound and lifelong effect on their health, including their mental, emotional, and physical health. It also usually means that no drugs are used during the actual childbirth. According to Mardorossian (2003) “Medical institutions across the country are now...
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...Introduction: I picked the topic of Birth Control Technologies because I am very interested in seeing how things have changed over time whether positive or negative when it comes to birth control. I do believe the usage of birth control is important when it comes to helping control the growth of the population. What other purposes does it serve? How did it become such a politically driven issue? Government always feels the need to step in and control people’s lives but is it really necessary. It also has become evident that women are pressured into taking precautions when it comes to sex and reproduction. Whereas, men are not required to have the same responsibility even though several different methods of contraception have been created for them as well. So I plan to explore the history, significance, future, political implications and many other aspects of birth control. I. Module 1: Definition of the problem. Birth control is used in the prevention of pregnancy and assists with the timing of pregnancy when warranted. People have used birth control methods for thousands of years. Today, there are many safe and effective birth control methods available to women and men. However, birth control methods are not one-size-fits-all. A method that’s perfect for one woman may not be right for another. According to www.womenshealth.gov website there are options that one can choose from to fit their situation listed below: Types of Birth Control • Continuous abstinence...
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...AND AGAINST BIRTH CONTROL Argument 1 for Birth Control: Birth control paves the way for responsible family planning. In today’s hard times, it is but a couple’s due diligence to properly plan for family life. Planned pregnancies ensure that both the soon-to-be father and mother are ready for the daunting task of taking care of a child. Planning for a family entails not just financial investment but emotional investment as well. Until the couple is ready to face the realities and hardships of parenthood, birth control must be practiced. It may be accomplished via 100% abstinence from sex or thru other medically acceptable means. Birth control helps any couple to engage in sexual relations while controlling the timing of when they would start a family together. Argument 2 for Birth Control: Birth control saves lives and reduces abortion. The conscious decision of birth control and the access to various methods have proven effective in the prevention of unwanted pregnancies. There is an extremely large possibility that unwanted pregnancies lead to abortion, especially for countries that are non-Catholic. It is also a fact that during childbirth, there is a high risk of death as well. If birth control is practiced, you prevent unwanted and untimely pregnancy and you do not only save the unborn child but the mother as well. Argument 3 for Birth Control: Birth control prevents destitution or utter poverty. Providing quality of life to one’s child constitute the...
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...most difficult jobs on the planet. That job is giving birth. Known to be exhausting, demanding, and painful both physically and mentally, it has been no easy task. Yet, they do it admirably time and time again. Given how demanding pregnancy and birth is on the body and mind, it should come as no surprise that medicine has come a long way in making pregnancy easier, quicker, and less painful. Many women have found these methods to be a wonderful way to give birth. Spinal epidurals are used for pain relief, while cesarean sections to get the baby out quick and (generally) painless barring any complications. These have saved many women tremendous amounts of pain, and have saved the lives of many babies and mothers due to complications in natural birth. It should be no wonder, though, that there are those on each side of the argument, whether to give birth naturally or with medical intervention, making an argument as to why their method is the best. Both methods do have their particular advantages and disadvantages. The question remains, who is right? Is anyone right? Can there be a middle ground? There are several questions that arise when asking the question, which is why I will be breaking down both sides of the argument. I will present research on both ends of the subject going over certain advantages and disadvantages that come along with each. These advantages and disadvantages can be felt by both the mother and the child (father too), so we must find a way to draw a line in...
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...Abortion: Why Women choose Abortions Tanja Bell Women who choose to terminate pregnancies are from many different racial and social economic backgrounds. Women take on so many responsibilities and are often faced with many choices. One major important private choice women often have to make is the choice to give life or abort life. Women who have abortions age backgrounds vary some age groups are having more abortions than others. The overall U.S unintended pregnancy rate remained stagnant between 1994 and 2006, but unintended pregnancy increased 50% among women with lower incomes, while decreasing 28% among higher income women. Women have abortions for many different reasons the age group variation women have abortions for several different reasons. The women who have abortions often experience serious health issues that no one talks about. Women choose to have abortions have to live with that choice for the rest of their lives. Other women who may not want to live with that choice choose to use various ways to protect themselves from having an unintended pregnancy. First, not only do women who have abortions come from every walk of life they also come from several different age groups. Each year 1.3 million pregnancies end in abortion. According to Guttmacher Institute (1996-2012),” about half of American women will have and unintended pregnancy and nearly one-third will have an abortion by the age of 45.According to the National Abortion Federation Women between...
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...with, Later Sparcer Fewer Policy. The Policy encouraged Couples to have children later in life, space the births farther apart, and have fewer children. The problem with this policy was that there were already millions of people in China. 1979 Chinese government came up with an extreme plan of the One Child Policy. This policy allows citizens to pick up the birth before the birth of their child. 1980 The Birth Quota System was established to monitor population growth. Target goals were set for each region of the country. Local government officials were responsible for enforcing the population control rules and making sure they did not exceed the the limit they were allotted. Government officials were punished by law and loss of privileges if the pre-established goals were not met. 1980 ( SFPC) Population and Information Research Center was founded. SFPC was established so that different organizations could share information regarding population control. They are responsible for assimilating information and providing it the Chinese government which in turns helps to form policies. China's population is expected to rise to 1.5 billion by the year 2025. 1983 Other population control methods were set up for families over two children by The Chinese government they included; mandatory tubal ligations, vasectomies, and abortions. These methods...
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...is when another woman carries and gives birth to a child for another individual. Though it can be an emotionally intense and legally complex arrangement, it is growing in popularity among parents as a way of having children. Having another woman bear a child for a couple to raise, usually with the male half of the couple as the genetic father, is referred to in antiquity. Babylonian law and custom allowed this practice and infertile woman could use the practice to avoid a divorce, which would otherwise be inevitable. One well-known example is the Biblical story of Sarah and Abraham, a nomadic Hebrew couple unable to conceive. Sarah offered her Egyptian slave Hagar as a surrogate, but later drove her away from the camp when Hagar became impudent during pregnancy. Hagar fled to Egypt, where an angel told her that her son Ishmael would become a leader amongst the Hebrews; she subsequently returned to Sarah and Abraham. Surrogacy requires a lot of time, money and patience to succeed, whether it's carried out privately or through an agency. But it can bring happiness to all concerned if the medical, legal, financial and emotional aspects are properly considered. Why choose surrogacy Someone may choose surrogacy if one can't carry a pregnancy, perhaps because: * Have had recurrent miscarriages. * Have a health condition which makes pregnancy and birth dangerous. * Uterus (womb) is abnormal or absent, whether since birth or after a hysterectomy. * Fertility...
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...and the father are the same, the child will be homozygous and if these alleles are different, the child will be heterozygous. Since Gilbert has inherited a homozygous pair (DD), he will be dark haired. In the same way, since Jan has inherited a homozygous pair for the blond hair (bb), Jan will have blond hair. Out of dark hair and blond hair, the dark hair is the dominant trait. Therefore, all their children will inherit dark hair. 2. Genetic counseling will help couples who have decided to have a child see whether there are any risks of giving birth to a child with genetic disorder. If so, the genetic counselor will assist the couple to choose another option like adopting or surrogacy. First, the genetic counselor will ask for any family history of having mental retardation, psychological defects, physical defects etc. from the couple. Then, he/she will create a family...
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...The History of Childbirth Childbirth has had its ups and downs throughout history. When people look at birthing methods over time they have referred to it as a true horror story. Over the years there have been many techniques studied, formed and perfected to deliver a baby. Women have gone from excruciating births in the past to manageable and relaxing births (as much as they can be) today. There are also many things that are being studied and developed that doctors are looking forward to in the future of childbirth. This paper will discuss the past, present, and future of birthing methods, and will also discuss how these birthing methods have affected people who have experienced them over time. A person has choices when it comes to having their baby, but it hasn’t always been that way. In the past, women would give birth at home. Natural birth was the only way until 1794 when the first successful caesarean section was performed by Jesse Bennet, which he performed on his own wife, Elizabeth, (Long, 2011). During natural birth and eventually C-sections, not all women had access to pain medications, so they had to bear the pains of labor and delivery. At this time women gave birth and would hope for the best. Their family was there and usually a doctor. If something went wrong the doctor could only do so much. “Childbirth was so dangerous that a woman would make out her will as soon as she found out she was pregnant, (Cellania, 2013). Women and babies who survived were very...
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...believe that is wrong while others are the total opposite. A person must first be informed about the history of abortion, in order to understand and form an opinion. The different methods of abortion being performed today, and the potential side affects are equally debatable sides. I believe the government shouldn’t decide what a woman does with her own body. This is one of those topics that can go on for day’s maybe weeks and months without settling anything. Before making any decision is best to be informed about all these important issues, therefore, you’ll know where you stand. Abortion has been legal in the United States from the time the earliest settlers arrived. It has been performed for thousands of years where woman would help each other to abort. Britain first passed anti-abortion laws in 1803, throughout the century the law became stricter. Most abortions were illegal in the United States by 1880, except those who were necessary to save the life of the woman. Anti-abortion laws varied from state to state. There were speculations of fear that the newly arriving immigrants would dominate the population. During the 1800s, it was extremely risky to proceed in any surgical procedures, including abortion (prochoice.org). At the time abortion was a dangerous procedure to be done due to the crude methods being use, very few antiseptics,...
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...A young couple came into my office today to discuss their birth control options. She is 24 years old and her husband is 26 years old. They have one child, who is now six months old. They have been using basal body temperature method for pregnancy prevention, however, they are not satisfied with method as it has caused emotional struggles. They do not want another child for about eighteen months. I explained the different forms of oral hormone birth control options and discovered that birth control pills were causing break-through bleeding therefore were discontinued. I reviewed other forms of contraception with my client. Although still hormone based, there are other options for contraception such as the shot or implant. I warned that both...
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...Today, I would like to inform you about birth control and hope to persuade you that teenage girls should legally be able to receive birth control without parental consent. After writing about and researching this issue, I have gained the appropriate knowledge to inform others on my position. This has been a controversial topic for decades, spread all around the world.Unstable parental relationships, ensuring feelings of confidence and safety in girls, and lowering the rate of abortions are among the reasons I believe that girls should have access to birth control without parental consent, because it would be safe for girls to prevent pregnancy while empowering young girls to be more responsible and educated. First, it is important to know information...
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...own experience. By the 1920’s 30-50% of women gave birth in hospitals (Feldhusen, 2000), my grandmother was not one of them. She gave birth 12 times, at home, with only my grandfather in attendance. Prenatal health care was not even something that was considered, and having anyone other then family around wasn’t even a thought. My mother’s experience, (which I will go into more detail later) was in a hospital and she stayed 5 days after the birth. As for my own experience, I was in a hospital, and I left after 48 hours. I. When I asked my mother about her pregnancies with my brother and I, she stated that she didn’t really have a lot of problems. The one thing that stood out was that she developed a full body rash when pregnant with her first child. With her second child she remembers the doctor asking if she was getting any exercise – she laughed and told him she had a two year old and was in the...
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...many arguments as to why it shouldn’t be legalized. Some are for and some are against abortion, which in many cases it makes us question the decision to be the correct one. To get a better idea on the topic, we need to pay more attention and look closely on all the point of views. Which are that abortion should be considered murder and with time a lot of women can use it as a form of birth control. Why should abortion be considered a crime? If abortion is legalized then murder should legal too. Abortion is immoral because it is intentional killing of a human being. It is a well known fact that life begins at the moment of conception. When an abortion is performed the life of an innocent child is taken. Abortion in many cases is used as a method to solve a problem. It is not correct because it is violating the rights of a human being who doesn’t have the option of choosing to live or not. Why deny the unborn child its right to live and experience the world. Also why should the childs father be denied his rights to the having the child. If the father wants to be involded in this childs life then his rights should also be able to be enforced. Even if abortion is a womans choice, it takes two to conceive so the father has rights too. If someone is against killing at any stage of lif, why should it be alright to kill an unborn baby. The consequences of...
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...childbirth. Child birth is when the mother to be gives birth which there are different ways to have a baby and also different ways to give birth. In this paper it will discuss what child birth is and why child birth is important. Education on Childbirth Some people may not me educated enough on childbirth so , please before you plan on making this decision to give birth educate yourself and your partner so that you can have a better feel about the life changing experience that is about to happen, think for the worst prepare yourself and , hope for the best. Watch video, search the web, read books and magazine. By education yourself with all the resource that are available nowadays you will have at ease birth if everything goes well. During Labor and Delivery in which both parents prepare there self’s for this is also called cooperative childbirth. The concept for all methods of prepared childbirth is education of the parents so they can participate and share the wonderful experience of childbirth. The benefits of this approach are believed to be a more comfortable pregnancy, a shorter period of labor, and for mom to have a less trauma during birth, and a decrease the stress level while giving birth to her new born. One technique that I find helpful during child birth is to take Lamaze classes, beforehand. This will keep mom at claim and relaxed.” The name is French, which stands after the “French obstetrician Fernand Lamaze, who adapted the Russian method of Psychoprphlaxis...
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