Childbirth––In Your Life and Around the World

 Write about a personal birthing experience. It can be your own birth, your child’s birth, or one you took part in. What do you remember about the event? I remember getting the call after I had made plans to go to the library to check out a few books. It was my niece Cathy, she was about to have her baby. She was at school, high school, 19 years old and pregnant when she begins to have contractions. I asked her if she was ok, or did, she need medical treatment right away. She said she was not going to the hospital in any ambulance. I made a few phone calls, picked her up and got her to the hospital. All of the family was there. The baby father, Eric and her mother were in the room when she had Tiana. She had a Caesarean section. It seem like it would be forever but after waiting a few hours, little Tiana was born.

Why did you choose this example? I chose this because I do not have any children and this is about the closest I have been to anyone having a child.

What are your thoughts regarding birth and its impact on child development?

Childbirth is the next stage in the development.  I believe this is where the child continues to learn and develop even more.

Choose a region of the world or a country, other than the U.S., and find out how births happen there. Write about what you learned, and the differences and similarities with your experience (in the personal example you provided). What additional insights, if any, about the impact of the birthing experience on development, did you gain from this comparison?

I chose Korea to learn the differences and similarities in birth. My sister-in-law is Korea and she answered some questions for me. They only eat seaweed soup and they are not allowed to do much moving around when they are home. She said that the mothers have to be strong to the doctors. She said it was harder to have baby in Korea hospital then in US hospital.

The fathers are not allowed in the room when the mother gives birth. This is something you have to ask for. They do not ask you if you want to have what may be common like keeping the baby in the nursery for a day or two. The rooms are not private and they are not clean. She said you have to tell the doctor what you want. Many of the doctors do not like the moms to tell them what to do. She said the doctors could have you doing the traditional things that you may not want to do