Introduction The birth of a child is an event of both tremendous joy and stress. In this day and age‚ there are several options in regards to childbirth that include the before and after care of a newborn. But which method would provide future parents the greatest success in the delivery room? The two main options I will be discussing will be midwives or physicians. Many physicians agree that “"the safest setting for labour‚ delivery and the immediate post-partum period is in a hospital or a birthing
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My personal statement My desire to be a midwife began before studying nursing diploma in Spain. There are several reasons for this interest‚ beginning with my cousin’s completion of a midwifery course. She has told me very much about her course and I was excited to hear about each element of it. Another factor which attracted me to this branch of nursing was the excitement of taking part in a birth. Witnessing the happiness of those involved is always an unforgettable experience and to smooth
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viewed between the two. In Nancy Scheper-Hugh’s article called Lifeboat Ethics: Mother Love and Child Death in Northeast Brazil‚ she views the mother-infant bond as solely based on the culture. In this article‚ when women’s babies die‚ either at childbirth or shortly there after‚ the mothers do not weep for them. Scheper-Hughs says "It would be wrong‚ a sign of a lack of faith‚ to weep for a child with such good fortune" (Brettell & Sargent 2005 pg.36). This "good fortune" refers to a saint coming
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increasing number of women entering in the workforce today at a childbearing age‚ these figures call for serious concern. Pregnancy discrimination is defined as the unfavourable treatment of a woman because of “pregnancy‚ childbirth‚ or a medical condition related to pregnancy or childbirth.” The conflict between pregnant women and the workplace has intensified as more women enter the workforce and take on roles which were previously predominantly held by men. It is estimated that three out of four women
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four limbed lumbering to bipedal striding came with some disadvantages. By this it frees our hands up for using tools unfortunately the changes made in our pelvis for moving on two legs in combination with babies with large brains that makes human childbirth unusually dangerous compared with the rest of the animal kingdom. So the shift produced skeletal adaptations that made them more susceptible to back‚ legs and joint injuries. Because the birth canal narrowed allow for more efficient locomotion labor
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I wasn’t sure if it was the right path for me. I wasn’t sure if I was strong enough to push through all that I needed to in order to become the midwife that women in our society need. After reading so many articles and literature pertaining to childbirth and midwifery including the ones required for this class I have come to finally realized why I chose this path from the very beginning. It’s not because I want something to try to make a living off of. It’s not because I don’t want to go to medical
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are sitting on our comfy brown suede couch. The cliche screams coming from the scary movie that’s playing in the front of the room. Little did I know that in just a few minutes my heart rate would go up‚ but not from the movie‚ from the horrors of childbirth. My sister and I just got back from helping my mom and dad clean the remains of our family business. My sister‚ Brooke‚ started to get irritable and wanted to go and relax‚ which was understandable because her stomach looked like it was about to
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Marinelly Gonzalez Dr. Edwards Com 123 Cons of Abortion wrong and looked down upon by a lot of religions. Some women use abortion as a type of birth control. They sleep with men and do not use protection and think nothing of it to go to the clinic as many as five times in their life to have an abortion. A con against abortion is the nagging thought that a woman went to a clinic‚ had an abortion‚ and thus the world was prevented from seeing the birth of the only person capable of attaining
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III. Research Methodology This chapter presents the Research Design‚ Research Environment‚ Research Respondents‚ Research Instrument‚ Research Procedure‚ Research Sampling. Research Design The researcher uses the non experimental type of studies. The conducted studies will be gathered using a standardized questionnaire to determine the correlation study of planned or unplanned pregnancy to postpartum depression. The study will determine which factors can be considered as the most
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Should the partnered status of women have any bearing upon the care she receives from midwives during pregnancy‚ childbirth and the postnatal period? In relation to the Nursing and Midwifery Board (NMBA) Competency Standards for the Midwife 2010‚ competency 9‚ the midwife should actively support midwifery as a public health strategy. Actively supporting midwifery and public health would be seen as actively supporting the woman in her pregnancy journey‚ regardless of her partnered status‚ should that
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