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    Medicalization of Childbirth

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    physician Mosher observed inverse relationship of declining birthrate and increasing abortion rate. He hypothesized that women opted for “criminal abortion” to avoid childbirth pain. This sparked widespread attention from society to reduce the disincentives of childbirth. Hence‚ obstetricians made claims to be able to alleviate childbirth pain‚ creating a market for obstetrics. In 1900s‚ only 15% of deliveries were in hospitals (Jones‚ 1994)‚ after the ministry of health expanded maternal hospital facilities

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    Childbirth Expectations

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    period March 1‚ 2013 Childbirth Options You probably wonder what really happens during pregnancy‚ how everything works and all the things you need to have to prepare for the child birth. Who will assist to deliver baby? Where will you have the baby? What kind of classes help you prepare? You can deliver the baby at any hospital you want or at home. Usually families have house midwifes‚ medical professional trained to help woman through normal pregnancies and low-risk births. In 2009‚

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    Vaginal Childbirth

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    Choices are endless when it comes to childbirth methods. The most common method of delivery‚ vaginal birth is thought to be the “natural birth.” C-sections on the other hand‚ are used for birthing complications due to medical reasons. Both have tremendous complications and different emotional and physical effects. Both should be taken into consideration and should be consulted with a medical professional. Although Doctors give their medical input on how women should give birth‚ shouldn’t the mother

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    Childbirth and Midwife

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    States that childbirth has become increasingly medicalined and specialized‚ first with family doctors or general practitioners taking over the process‚ then obstetricians‚ and today‚ perinatologist. These physician specialists are trained to see birth as an abnormal or pathological process requiring heroic interventions‚ rather than a natural process” (Kram and Eckstein‚ 1990). Midwives however view childbirth and pregnancy in a different light. They tend to view childbirth and pregnancy as a natural

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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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    Preterm Childbirth Speech

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    Speech Title: Preterm Childbirth Specific Purpose Statement: My audience will learn about preterm birth as well as the causes of it and ways to prevent it. Central Idea: Preterm childbirth is the leading cause of death in infants‚ and it is important that we know that there are ways to prevent preterm birth and care for babies who are born prematurely. Method of Organization: Topical Introduction: I. In a time where everything is seemingly at our fingertips‚ it can be difficult for us to adjust

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    Childbirth Education

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    Childbirth Education Paper The 2 hour class was very informative. The instructor initially had all the couples introduce themselves‚ how far along they were (in terms of their pregnancy)‚ when their due date was‚ as well as who their physician was. After the ‘mini’ introductions‚ the instructor explained the child birthing process. She briefly touched base on these topics: what types of delivery one can have‚ either a c-section or a vaginal delivery‚ breastfeeding as opposed to giving formula

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    Anxiety And Childbirth

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    Shelly focuses the fear of the female body and motherhood in terms of afterbirt rather jubilant aspect of childbirth. Although‚ she herself never experienced the anxiety and depression when childbirth occurs. For example‚ "Fear‚ guilt‚ depression ‚ and anxiety‚ are the most common reactions that new mothers would have about the birth of a new baby which is common a variety range of experience to giving birth . There are deeper reactions that can be find in literature‚ which are all written to

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    Childbirth and Development

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    CYPOP1-1.2 Explain: how development and learning are interconnected how and why variations occur in rate and sequence of development and learning that learning may take place in different ways the importance of play. CYPOP1-1.3 Explain the potential effects on development‚ of pre-conceptual‚ pre-birth and birth experiences. CYPOP1-1.4 Explain the impact of current research into the development and learning of babies and young children. 1-1.2 Connections between development and learning There

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    Childbirth in Early America Women in early America referred to childbirth as “the greatest of earthly miseries.” They faced childbirth not with joy but with fear of their lives. Through advances of medicines and knowledge of proper sanitation throughout the centuries‚ childbirth became safer for mothers and infants. It is now possible to enjoy the childbearing process. Sometime ago‚ women face childbirth with fear and anxieties. They knew that childbirth could be a difficult and sometimes extremely

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