HW 45 - Reply to Other Peoples' Comments

Brandon said...

Willie,

Your project was aimed at the after effect, known as Post Partum Depression, which happens after the physical and mental drainage that takes place throughout pregnancy and the final moments of birth. Giving birth is truly a struggle for a woman, and some take more time than others to fully recover after the baby is finally born.

This topic is extreamly important because it shows how the effects of pregnancy dont necessarily leave the body with the baby and can stay for a couple of days afterwards or even longer than that. PPD is something very serious and is found in many other cases, such as within war veterans who suffered scary situations overseas.

This was truly an interesting project for me to read. You seemed to be really interested yourself in your topic, Good Job!

                                                                                                                                                                     

          My Response

          This is important also to me becuase when something this severe as Post-Partum depression can effct a women both physically and metally, it isn't good, because women in depression might not be able to meet the standards to be able to take care of her child. 

HW 44 - Comments on Other People's Projects

 On Jay's blog
           I really liked how you found a hsopital that ctually didn't do hardly any c-sections.  Most other hospitals seem to do C sections alot, so to be able to find one was really cool.  Also when you mentioned C section and you said one of the ladies didn't feel right, it was cool to , because that showed that they are completely against it

On Brandon's Blog
          I relly liked how when I talked about Post-Partum depression you took off and explained almost all of the stepes in betwwen the birth and the after, how women are not happy during their pregnancy and after.  You really didn;t mention Post-Partum depression a lot which made it better because it gave me the idea that weren't directly talking bout this severe depression.

On Ally's Blog
          I really liked your speech becuase it showed and told me about different rituals that other countries like and must preform to a new born baby maybe not thinking about the consequences of these actions toward a new born baby. This is inportant because it keeps me wondering is this a trust excersise for the parents to test how badly they might want this baby. What will happen if the parents don't want the baby? Do they just let it fall to its death?

HW 42 - Pregnancy & birth culminating project

POST-PARTUM DEPRESSION

People see birth as an amazing experience. A lot of men and women decide to have babies because they want to start families. Most women are happy to be with a child, but some other women are constantly worrying about what could happen or what might happen. After a woman gives birth, her life changes. For some women it is good and for some women it is not so good. A woman’s body goes through so much pain and stress when she is in labor and then gives birth. The pain can last for an hour and then it can last for a whole day. After all of this happens, some women can fall into a depression, which medical science calls “Post-Partum Depression”. Doctors are not absolutely sure what causes it; but this depression usually happens after birth. Women with this depression will have negative thoughts and feel alone and feel like no one understands. The pain and stress that happened to their bodies also causes stress to their minds. Most of the time it takes two weeks for a woman to show that she has Post-Partum Depression.

Post-Partum Depression can occur in women who worry a lot. The first symptom of this depression is usually mood swings. For example, a woman could be laughing one minutes and crying the next minute. A woman could hate the way she looks even though her family is telling her she looks beautiful. Also, a woman could feel like she is not a good mother even though she is doing her very best. These mood swings can affect the way she feels about her baby, and can also affect the way she takes care of her baby. The woman could also start to feel like her child will get hurt or start to think of worse things that could happen to her child.
I think it is okay for a mother to worry about her child. My mother said that it is natural for women to worry about their children. But when a woman gets Post-Partum Depression, I think it is very serious. If a mother falls into this depression and cannot take care of her child, and thinks about hurting the child, she needs to get help. The difficult part of this is that not all mothers know that they have this depression. Some mothers may think that they are just sick with a cold, some mothers will think that they are not trying hard enough to be a good mother, and some mothers might think that they need to think more positive thoughts and the depression will go away.
There is no known cure for Post-Partum depression. Some normal changes during and after pregnancy can cause symptoms similar to those of depression. But if a woman have any of the following symptoms of depression for more than two weeks, she should call her doctor:
Feeling restless or moody
Feeling sad, hopeless, and overwhelmed
Crying a lot
Having no energy or motivation
Eating too little or too much
Sleeping too little or too much
Having trouble focusing or making decisions
Having memory problems
Feeling worthless and guilty
Losing interest or pleasure in activities you used to enjoy
Withdrawing from friends and family
Having headaches, aches and pains, or stomach problems that don’t go awayPost-Partum Depression is real. A lot of the symptoms are thought to be other things because after a woman gives birth, her body goes through a lot of changes. So people think that a woman is just getting used to being a mother and taking care of baby. Or sometimes people think that the woman is just tired from not getting enough sleep because a baby needs to be feed throughout the night. But what’s really going on with the woman is that she is mentally and emotionally depressed. I hope that medical science is able to find a cure for this Post-Partum depression. And I also I hope that more women get to understand this depression.

HW 41 - Independent Research

THE FIRST HOUR AFTER BIRTH

1) DEPRESSION DURING AND AFTER PREGNANCY
- When you are pregnant or after you have a baby, you may be depressed and not know it. Some normal changes during and after pregnancy can cause symptoms similar to those of depression. But if you have any of the following symptoms of depression for more than 2 weeks, call your doctor:

• Feeling restless or moody
• Feeling sad, hopeless, and overwhelmed
• Crying a lot
• Having no energy or motivation
• Eating too little or too much
• Sleeping too little or too much
• Having trouble focusing or making decisions
• Having memory problems
• Feeling worthless and guilty
• Losing interest or pleasure in activities you used to enjoy
• Withdrawing from friends and family
• Having headaches, aches and pains, or stomach problems that don’t go away

- I asked my mom dis she hae any of these symoptoms of depression and she said, "I didn't feel any of these symptoms, I was too busy to feel this way"!
 

"Depression During and After Pregnancy." http://www.womenshealth.gov/faq/depression-pregnancy.cfm. N.p., March 6, 2009.. Web. 2 Apr 2011. <March 6, 2009.>.

2) WHAT IS DEPRESSION AFTER PREGNANCY?
- Depression after pregnancy refers to the negative thinking and feelings of despondency that many women experience after the birth of a child. In addition to the sad, lifeless feelings that accompany any depression, women who suffer from depression after pregnancy often fear that their baby will somehow be harmed and may worry that they are "bad" mothers.

3) Women can suffer from depression after giving birh.  This is called Postpartum Depression where these mothers find it very difficult to take care of their children, to take care of themselves and to take care of other responsibilities.  They can become very emotional at times and also, not feel like doing anything at times. Medical Science is not 100 percent sure what causes Postpartum Depression.  Their is a belief that it is caused from an immediate chnage in a women's hormone level after she gives birth.
  
    This depression can be very dangerous for a women and her child.  It can start right after child birth and can become severe after 2 weeks.  Support groups or counseling have helped women overcome this depression

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.