Weekly Reflection 10 Before watching The Business of Being Born in class this week, I never really thought about in home or natural births. I learned that American women are losing the right to have a natural birth. More and more hospitals are pushing for caesarian surgery during labor when it is not necessary and it is not as safe for the mother or child. Hospitals are encouraging these unsafe procedure to make more money. Hospitals want to get people in and get them out as quickly as possible. Medical professionals frown upon home births because they find it to be unsafe. This is almost laughable considering how much safer the home births are compared to the standard hospital birth in America. However, I had some concerns with the movie as well. As a film about women’s reproduction, they did not really accept the other choices women may make concerning their bodies. I know that this film was specifically comparing home births to hospital births, but I feel that they should have been more careful with the language that they used about women and …show more content…
I feel that we put so much stress on young women to have children that they do not even see any alternative, it is just a natural progression of life. I felt there were other topics to address like, menstruation, birth control, rape, and adoption. I feel that many women do not know the pros and cons of birth control. Others do not fully understand what menstruation is and why it is an important factor in most women’s lives. Adoption was never even mentioned during the presentation about egg freezing. I understand that people go about having children in different ways, but the problem could lie with telling women that the only right way to have a child is through child birth. Again, I did learn a lot from this week’s discussions and film. However, I felt there were more women’s health issues that were not
Humans have been known to seek perfection/true beauty for centuries, yet there has always been a limit to these ventures. Hawthorne’s “The Birth-Mark” shows us the extent of action that an obsessed scientist will conduct, even to his own wife, in the hopes of obtaining perfection without knowing the depth of true beauty. Aylmer becomes disgusted/obsessed with his wife Georgiana’s birthmark that is shaped like a small crimson colored hand. He acknowledges that his wife is beautiful and the narrator states/suggests that she would be perfect were it not for the birthmark that mars her lovely face (“The Works”). Hawthorne utilizes the theme of relentless striving for perfection, symbolizes the birthmark and other elements in the story, and foreshadows the conclusion of the story throughout the piece, to ultimately produce this complex psychological struggle that the protagonist goes through.
This is the take away message I think. Pushing marriage, like we have done in the past, is not what will help these women. Based on this, I would encourage policies that allow women to grow and reach more after they’ve had children, instead of giving handouts, give hand ups and the future generations may be made better by this.
“The Birth-Mark” was written in 1844; by Nathaniel Hawthorne. The story describes Aylmer as a successful scientist. He discovers many mysteries of nature, such as what causes volcanoes and earthquakes; however, it is ironic that even though the story was written in the 1840s, which was the peak of the second great awakening, Aylmer did not believe in God. Georgiana is Aylmer’s faithful wife. She is born with a birth-mark in the form of a very tiny hand on her left cheek.
The poem "I, Being Born a Woman and Distressed" written by Edna St. Vincent encompasses many different tones throughout the poem. It explores the mind of a woman who is broken hearted over a fading lover. One of the prevailing tones in the poem shows the poet's confusion about the way society forces women to be dependent on men. The tone of this poem can be broken up into several parts.
The Birthmark “The Birthmark,” by Nathaniel Hawthorne is about a scientist who is obsessed with removing a birthmark from his wife's cheek. This lesson will take a gander at the topics of over the top love and the contention amongst science and nature. It also focuses on how man tries to challenge nature and love. By doing this he ends up losing the women he loves.
reproduction. The authors believe that over time the concept of an egg, an artificial womb, will be used for human reproduction, rather than incubation of fetus within a woman’s body. This process is called ectogenesis, which is “the development of artificial wombs that can sustain fetuses to term without the need for women's bodies.” (Smajdor, 2007) This article discusses the concept of an artificial womb, the health & safety benefits, the advantages to potential parents, the possibility of gender equality and balanced parenting roles and potential resistance to using artificial wombs.
Each year, an estimated 529 000 maternal deaths occur. This number comes from calculations for the year 2000, the most recent date for such crude data (Zahr & Wardlaw, 2004). And while many women report holding the newborn in their arms for the first time, forgetting the frustrations of pregnancy and considering the hardships worthwhile, the fact remains: pregnancy remains one of the most risky and unpleasant things a women can expect to
...o find a balance between interventional and non-interventional birth. With this being said, I also understand that there are strict policies and protocols set in place, which I must abide to as a healthcare provider, in any birth setting. Unfortunately, these guidelines can be abused. Christiane Northrup, MD, a well recognized and respected obstetrician-gynecologist has gone as far as to tell her own daughters that they should not give birth in a hospital setting, with the safest place being home (Block, 2007, p. xxiii). Although I am not entirely against hospital births, I am a firm believe that normal, healthy pregnancies should be fully permissible to all midwives. However, high-risk pregnancies and births must remain the responsibility of skilled obstetricians. My heart’s desire is to do what is ultimately in the best interest of the mother, and her unborn child.
Chances are that terms such as “midwife” and “home birth” conjure up for you old-fashioned images of childbirth. These words may bring to mind scenes from old movies, but you’re not likely to associate them with the modern image of childbirth. Do you know anyone who has had a midwife-assisted birth or a home birth? Would you consider one?
The Birth-Mark is a piece of literary work that demonstrates the struggles between Man vs. Nature. The short story epitomes of the 1800s, is a time where the field of philosophy began to grow. It is believed that the only way people can learn is through experimentation and observation. The theme of The Birth-Mark can clearly be perceived as the foolishness of striving for perfection. Throughout the story a natural philosopher named Aylmer is famous for his scientific discoveries and he strives to be perfect in all of his experiments.
Unintentional pregnancies statistically bring a host of economic, emotional, and physical ills to mother and baby. About half of the unintended pregnancies in Washington State are aborted, according to the state Department of Health. That rate is consistent with the rest of the US. Even though there is a demand for abortion providers, man...
1946 saw the birth of the Baby Boom era with more than 3.8 million babies born in that year alone.The baby boom lasted until 1964, when we saw a drastic decrease in births. This sudden and very beneficial decline could in part be attributed to the availability of birth control. Birth control, otherwise known as “contraceptives,” are very useful to many women (62%). While birth control is seen by many as a great advantage, those who disagree with it still view contraceptives as taboo or a violation of a sacred right. Contraceptives, not only help in healthy family planning, but also have many beneficial side effects for women’s health, there for the government should keep funding Birth Control as well as places that help women receive contraceptives
The future of ectogenesis falls solely on the shoulders of the government. The side effects that come with the development of the artificial womb can lessen if the government were to put limitations on when and what the purpose of ectogenesis. Artificial wombs should be made available only to those for whom pregnancy is just impossible. The government could create a process to regulate the usage of artificial wombs and have it established only on a basis of need rather than want or
...e increased technology that can help in the teenage pregnancy and also the care that should be given to the mother.
Babyhood is the time from when you are born till you 're 18 months old. Like everybody else, I don 't remember anything at all from this time. Whatever I do know is from my parents, siblings and other family members. My mother told me I wanted to appear into this world earlier than I should have. If not for the medications that let me arrive at the proper time, I may not have been here today writing this very sentence. I was born on 19th December, 1999 in Gujarat, India. My parents tell me I was a very quite baby and never troubled them much at all. I would never start crying in the middle of the night, arousing the entire neighborhood. My older brother would often look at me, and state how huge my eyes looked. As a baby, I was very fair, and often was referred to a white egg. Everyone loved to play and touch my cheeks when I was a baby.