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.