Elements Of The Midwifery Model

Leading on the idea of trusting instincts during the labor and birth process, is another fundamental element of the midwifery model: encouraging the empowerment of women and their bodies through the reduction of fear about the birth process.
Western-cultures, especially that of U.S. culture is often heavily influenced by pop culture and mass media. Forms of media are often looked to shape our views and perceptions of how things should ‘normally’ go. This can be defined as our ‘cultural script’ on pregnancy and birth, with a cultural script being: “modes of behavior and understanding that are not universal or natural” (Conley, 2015, p. 83). By Conley’s definition, it’s clear that different cultures and societies are going to have different
ideals and approaches to the aspects that make up that unique culture. The same can be said for how pregnancy and birth is examined and regarded. Birth itself has even been said to have its own culture and it’s clearly going to vary based on where a particular person is from. Here in the U.S., based on personal observation alone, we know that pregnancy and birth in the media is often portrayed as something as this fully raucous event. With everyone rushing frantically. The laboring person screaming, threatening those