Birthing Experience

Personal Birth Experience

Since I do not have any children and my mother does not remember anything from my birth besides that it was very painful and she was in labor for 17 hours I will discuss about the time I was a part of my little sister's birth. 

My sister Brandi was born on March 20, 2003 and I was 12 years old, I remember being at home with my mother and we were getting some gas logs installed into our fireplace and I just remember her asking me to call our grandmother to tell her, "It was time!" and to come pick her up. I remember being very happy because I was about to have a baby sister and I just love me some babies! I had to help my mom finish packing the rest of her hospital bag and getting her ready to go, when my grandma arrived we were basically standing outside waiting. At the hospital everything happened so quick - I know my mom did have the baby before her doctor arrived and she was very quiet, I didn't even hear her make a noise - I remember thinking "this is not what it is like on TV." After the nurses and doctors had to do everything to my baby sister I finally got to hold her and help my mom take care of her - best day of my life! My sister is 11 years old now and we are closer than ever, it’s almost like she is my baby because I will do anything for her and I spend tons of time with her. 

The way a child is born can affect its development in many different ways - if the child has a difficult time during the birthing process that can affect the child later as the child is growing up. If the child didn't receive all the nutrients or the correct amount of air in the womb that can also affect the child in its development. So the birthing process should be taken seriously and done carefully to make sure that the child develops the correct way and the right time/age. 

Birthing Experience in Mexico

In rural Mexico, midwives still attend almost 50% of the births and are preferred over the doctors because they themselves are women; because they charge less; because they go to the woman's home, are available, speak the same language and share the same culture; and because they treat women with warmth and emotion. Nevertheless, traditional midwives recognize their limitations in intervening in grave situations of obstetric emergency. Most traditional midwives are of advanced age.

I find that very interesting that they do not use the hospitals as much to have their babies - here in the United States you don't hear too much of women using midwives to help assist in the birth of their baby. I don't think my mom would have ever used a midwife just for the simple fact she would want to make sure that the person delivering the baby knows what they are doing and plus that is not  a common thing here in the USA.