Friday, February 13, 2009

Reaction to the natural versus normal childbirth

My first reaction on the lecture of natural versus normal childbirth was a little confusing because in the past, women would have more natural births because of the lack of technology and considered it a normal childbirth. However now it is not. There are differences between these two. Today's normal childbirth have more scary technology tools involve and interventions but causes less pain to the mother than normal childbirth. The natural childbirth have more screams but the mother and how long/when the baby comes out have its way and time so it seems more natural. Hearing the differences between the two have made me wondered why a lot of the women stopped natural birth besides considering the pain that they have to endure through the whole labor and delivering process. If the mother (and/or father) wished for a child and when they have one and going through the childbirth process using normal, wouldn't that affect their desire for that baby? Wouldn't it be better to endure it with the baby to come out than having interventions and doctor-centered? I think it leaves an alienated feeling towards the bonding of the mother and child. 
The natural and normal childbirth both have risks but in the lecture, it seems normal childbirths are more riskier than natural childbirths. Natural childbirths reveals the tradition that women should hold when having their child. Listening in the lecture, the natural childbirth have more freedom than normal childbirths and everybody around them would focus on the mother and child. As for the normal childbirths, it centers around the doctors and looking at the doctors as leaders, it doesn't give the mother and child many choices in what they want or what they don't want. Through out the lecture, I still find natural childbirths more safe than normal childbirths and more freedom towards the mother and child. 

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