HW 39 - Insights from Book - Part 2

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.
        Well with what I read, and the part I'm up to in "Ina May's Guide To ChildBirth", the movie didn't talk about the spiritual connection between the mother, the child, and the deliverer which can be beneficial during delivery which Western medicine has seem to forgotten with the choas of the advances the the modern world. Plus with what we watch and what I read, the connection between the mind and body and what that does to affect the process of labor and birth.

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).
       
         
3. List 5 interesting aspects of pregnancy and birth discussed in the second hundred pages that you agree deserve wider attention (include page number).
          Page 137: "What can be more liberating to an expectant father than to know that his loving words to his partner may give her strength and energy to make her birth crossing easier..."
          Page 154: "Occasionally, the father of the baby experiences more pain than the laboring women herself."
          Page 165: "Labor pain is a special type of pain: It almost always happens without causing any damage to the body."
          Page 183: "Out of these very different conceptions of women's bodies and the meaning of birth have come two separate models of maternity care: the midwifery or humanistic model of care and the techno-medical model of care."
          Page 185: "Mind and body are considered to be separate within the techno-medical model model of birth. Because of this, emotionial ambience is of importance only when it comes to marketing the service."
          
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 

      The book is organized by little short stories that are in little font that take up 1/2 to 2 whole pages. In the beginning the book has an introduction to start with.

   2. The major question the book tries to answer  and some responses you have to that question.

      Why are women giving birth on 'The Farm' instead of hospitals?

   'The Farm' creates a sense of a loving and caring environment, surround by people who encourage women to give birth the 'natural way' to get a sense of real power and pleasure, instead of fear and pain that hospitals tend to do.

3. The major insight the book tries to communicate in the first 100 pages  and your response to that insight.

     Giving birth naturally doesn't seem all thjat scary anymore. Births on television and stories you hear from others create a sense of fear of giving birth, the doctor is the only one who knows what to do, and a one-sided view of what is best for the baby. The stories in the first 100 pages shows that the body knows the right time to deliver, not the doctor, that embracing the pain will show a feeling of empowerment, not weakness, and that the baby can come out just as healthy in a birthing center or at home as a hospital. 

4. 5 interesting aspects of pregnancy and birth that you (and the author) agree deserve public attention.

1. Birth in Hospitals is like being in an assembly line

2. One exciting part of birth is the pushing

3. Feeling is better then thinking when dealing with contractions

4. The word 'rush' is a calmer and more beneficial word then 'contractions'

5. Let the body naturally do what it was made to do

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?

The stories that the women shared, from giving birth in the 70's up to 2000's, is that it is a better emotion, physical, and mental experience for the mother when giving birth. To let the body do what it was made to do and not to fear pain, but embrace it. Women are strong, never forget.