"Personal Birth Experience"

Personal birth experience

My personal birthing experience will be my own. I have had three births, but I will talk about my third birth.  My third pregnancy was a total shock, because I was determined that I was done having babies.  I had two boys and they were a lot to handle, especially being six years apart.

            At the beginning of the pregnancy, I was not sick at all. I did not begin to experience morning sickness until I had gone to the doctor and was told I was pregnant. As I can recall, I vomited walking to the car.  My third birth was very different.  I have even changed as a parent. When I had my first child, I asked a lot of questions about different baby issues and I also had heard a lot from my friends and relatives involving children.  As years go on, I am continuing to be very “seasoned” as a parent.

            I am blessed to have a lot of great parents and grandparents in my life.  They are always willing to advise me when it comes to my children’s health or well-being.  As I previously stated, doing my first birth I tried to do everything right including: resting, eating right, and taking medications. By my third birth, I had slacked off. I did not do anything damaging to my body, but I also did not do everything I was supposed to do either.

            I feel my careless actions have caused my 3^rd baby to be a little smaller than my other two children at his age. By all means; I did not intentionally do him harm. I guess I had become use to be pregnant. Thankfully, he is learning and developing well in spite of my choices.

           

          birth-in another Region

            The region I chose was Africa. I chose Africa, because the television always has its own depiction of how childbirth is done in Africa. The women have it so hard when it comes to getting the prenatal care, but in America we do not take advantage of the resources. Research shows that 1 in 13 women die from pregnancy and giving childbirth. The woman/baby are at a high risk of getting an infection doing the birth (worldbirthaid.org).

            Mothers and babies in America are really blessed to have so much access to different resources to make childbirth and raising children healthy and convenient.