I think that there are definitely more similarities between Monique and Ying in regards to their personal backgrounds‚ the acceptance of their work as midwives and healthcare workers within their societies‚ and the contexts within which they perform their daily work than there are differences. Firstly‚ with their personal backgrounds‚ both Monique are relatively young women who are married and close to their families. While in the book‚ the author mentions that Monique is not very fond of her husband
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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 center within a hospital."(Kluger‚ 2009). However‚ midwives seem to disagree by saying “home births attended by trained nurse-midwives are no less safe than hospital births...providing the midwives are affiliated with a nearby hospital to which the
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opened the door and an overpowering stench made me wince and pull back. Monique went straight in‚ but I needed to linger outside for a moment in the fresh air” (Holloway‚ 6). Monique having been trained as midwife and attended childbirths in Mali the birthing house and lingering smells were second nature and did not affect her being able to do her job. Kris however had to hold herself back because she had not experienced a birth in her lifetime. Even if she had she would not have experienced what Monique
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Hospitals). In the process of natural birthing‚ ways have been developed to manage pain. Methods of reducing pain includes: HypnoBirthing‚ The Bradley Method‚Acupuncture‚ or The
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medical pain relief such as epidurals and pain medication?”. This research study will look deep into this question and research the pros and cons of multiple natural pain relief/reduction methods such as; Lamaze‚ Bradley‚ Mongan (HypnoBirthing)‚ birthing in water‚ Yoga/meditation‚ Supernatural Childbirth‚ and homeopathy methods (herbs‚ essential oils‚ minerals‚ other natural substances). Side effects and risks are associated with all medical pain methods such as epidurals and pain medication.
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necessary details of the process of carrying and birthing a baby‚ and the role that the birth partner is to play. The Birth Partner examines all the technicalities of delivering a baby-- from the start to the finish. Simkin provides the reader with the essential supplies for mother and baby as well as the ‘to how’ when faced with a potential emergency or departure from the “plan” of delivery. The reader can expect to be well prepared for supporting a birthing woman once they’ve read this book. The book
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Watson‚ S. (2010). Subsequent childbirth after a previous traumatic birth. Nursing Research‚ 59(4)‚ 241-249. This nursing article analyzes women’s reactions and experiences with a second childbirth following a traumatic first birthing experience. Beck and Watson (2010) state that a successive childbirth could either aide in the healing process or have the potential to re-open old wounds and make healing harder. The research method used was Phenomenology‚ which used information
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Usually‚ medicalization could be defined as taking a natural process and turning them course into a medical process. An example of this is pregnancy; medicalization “involves interpreting pregnancy itself as a disruption to health that necessarily requires expert medical intervention‚” (Mullin‚ 54). Commonly‚ women are taught pregnancy is considered to be high risk that needs attention from a medical professional. Back then‚ women would have birth at any given location and presently‚ a set plan has
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Lea‚ 37 weeks gestation had an induced labor with Pitocin and she received a cervical ripening suppository. For pain relief the nurses gave her a back massage‚ but that was not helping her pain enough to make her comfortable so Lea requested an epidural and at 8:00AM received it. Epidural is becoming a more popular pharmacological method used during labor to relieve pain for the mother. An epidural is a more invasive pharmacological pain relief measure compared to others and numbs the pain felt in
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about Monique’s story. Another major strength is that the book flows really well and is easy to read and get involved in. There are not many weaknesses but Kris Holloway did not focus as much on birthing practices in Mali as I had expected and it did seem at times that she didn’t appreciate their birthing traditions there‚ and just related them as unsanitary and having to do with being in
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