HW 40 - Insights from Book - Part 3

You find yourself at a cocktail party with the author of the book you just finished reading. To demonstrate that you really read it, you say, "Hey - thanks for writing a book that doesn‘t only talk about the authors experiences, it actually talks about other woman’s experiences with birth. Your (thesis/core argument/main idea) These birth stories told, by the woman were life changing moments, this made me think twice about birth because I have always seen birth as pain, I never thought about it as a wonderful experience for a woman to see her creation.(moved me/persuaded me/made me rethink pregnancy & birth)." different types of ways and methods woman use to feel comfortable before giving birth to the baby. It also has different ways woman in the 19^th century gave birth to feel which way they felt was the most comfortable. And last the book also talks about what methods hospitals might use to help the women get rid of pain. , which (added another angle to/connected back to/further developed/contradicted) the first 2/3rds of the book. But let me be more specific." And then you listed the top 3 ideas/pieces of evidence/insights/questions from that final third of the book (and somehow even listed page number references).
But the author, surprised to be talking to someone who instead of sharing their own birth story actually rephrased the main idea of the text they spent months giving birth to asks, "Really, which parts were most effective or important for you?" When you answer, "Well, in the last third of the book you focused on
1.Most people believe that while in labor, woman might use the method of arm wrestling to speed up the labor(206) 
2. It is a good to know that most women in labor need to be able to change position and to move around freely” (226)
3.Epidural anesthesia is the most commonly used method of pharmaceutical pain relief for women who labor and give birth in hospitals. (234

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At this point, realizing that s/he's having a unique conversation with a serious reader of her/his book, the author asks - "But what could I have done to make this a better book - that would more effectively fulfill its mission?" You answer, "Well, let's be clear - your text sought to provide (narratives, historical analysis, journalistic analysis, policy analysis) from the perspective of a ( ....) for the book-reading-public to better understand pregnancy & birth in our culture. Given that aim, and your book, the best advice I would give for a 2nd edition of the text would be,
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*Black is me, Blue is your writing from blog*how women from different culture and how they were taught to approach birth. And to also get their birth experiences while giving birth if they had any. But I don't want you to feel like I'm criticizing. I appreciate the immense amount of labor you dedicated to this important issue and particularly for making me think about while a women is in labor or in pain and they receive medicine, does the medicine harm or do anything to the baby while in the womb & was the women in any pain after the birth was over(as specific as possible). In fact, I'm likely to do is think twice when I see a pregnant, don’t just think that they are going to have a baby, actually remember this and hope that they have a healthy baby. differently as a result of your book." The author replies, "Thanks! Talking to you gives me hope about our future as a society!"

HW 39 - Insights from Book - Part 2

1) In the book Guide to Childbirth by Ina Mys, the second part of the book talks about the realizations of these woman and their birthing experiences.  Most of these births are done at home, and the rest are at the hospital.  This book has taught me that a woman's experience at home is more relaxing than a birth at the hospital.  The perspective from the book is basically saying that home births are better than a birth in the hospital. It doesn't go very in depth to a hospitals births perspective.


2)  The major insight the book tries to communicate that it is trying to bring people back to the natural wonders of child birth.  A quote about the book by Alice Walker said, "We have forgotten this simple fact for far too long"  she also said,"There is nothing more important than how we are born"!  This is significant because all of the stories told by women were nice stories and a great experience for the women, the author did this to keep the reader interested.  And to confirm that a childbirth without a hospital and medicine is better.


3) - One aspect told from birth in this book is it is almost a one sided story, it is all good experiences when there is more than that.(page 126)
    - A second aspect is how all of the women talk about the same thing.  How their contractions were the things that were almost causing the most pain while in labor.(whole part one)
    - A third aspect is how after the stories from women end, the author comes and talks about her own experiences as a midwife which was interseting compared to the stories in part one. (127)
    - A fourth aspect is how the book is more told on a home birth side of the story, rather than a hospital birth
    - A fifth aspect is how the book was able to be told from different perspectives of women at first then told by the author.

4) "All of the women included in the study were eligible to have a home birth, meaning that they had no conditions that could put them at higher risk for complications, such as diabetes or heart disease"  http://bastyrcenter.org/content/view/1768/&page=

HW 38 - Insights from pregnancy & birth book - part 1

1) Basically, this book is organized as the first 125 pages into the book, it is a bunch of true, personal experiences of births told by women.  Almost all of the stories were similar in one part when the women were talking about how much pain they were experiencing.  But then the pain turned out to be worth it, because the woman talked about what an amazing experience it was.  For example, in the Sara Jean's story on page 29, her pain had lasted 8 hours before her son was born, but after he was born she says, "I immediately feel in love with him"(p.32).
2) the major question that this book is trying to answer is How can giving birth be a life changing moment? I think the answer is it is a big life changer because it then has a positive impact on a mothers and fathers life becuase they can add one more person to there family and then extend there own.
3) In the first 100 pages the book talks about life changing moments when women give birth to babies.  While giving birth, the women are in drastic pain, but when it is over, the women have a instant bond with there baby.  Personally I don't know about this, but my mom told me it is true.
4) Women usually get cramps while going into labor.
 - Most women get into different positions before giving birth.  
 - Most women have a choice to take an epidural or not.  An epidural is a drug that helps ease the pain of contractions.  
 - Women have the decision to decide if they want to have an obstetrician (a baby doctor) or a midwife.  
 - Giving birth is a wonderful thing but it can also be dangerous.  
5) The author uses different stories from different women each telling similar but different stories about their birth experiences.  She uses their stories to support her argument that giving birth is a life changing moment.