Childbirth and my Life!

A person birthing experience that I can remember was the birth of my son, Devin. He was born November 4, 1998 at 11:40 pm. He was 5 lbs 14 ounces. I will never forget the long journey that it took to get him here. The entire pregnancy was a great one. Fortunately, I was able to eat mostly everything that I saw but, salmon. I also remember daily that another item that I did not like was nature’s own hot African oil. I am reminded daily when I smell these items that I cannot tolerate these items due to my pregnancy.

Even though I was not able to eat or smell these items I loved being pregnant and what I loved even more was the ideal that I had a healthy baby boy. After my son was born, he had to spend two days in an incubator due to the fact that he had jondus; a skin disease that affects the skin’s and eye color. Once he was released we took the voyage home. I thought everything was perfect until my home nurse came to visit two days after we got home. She asked me how I was feeling and I told her fine except I was seeing spots. Once the nurse heard that she immediately sent me to the hospital where I had to stay for an entire week. What was more disturbing was the fact that my new baby couldn’t stay with me. So for six days my family had to care for a week old baby. This was a very stressful time for my family but they stood beside me and helped me through this situation.

I believe that nurturing and loving support given by my family help my child become secure and safe within him. My son had the opportunity to share his love and feelings with his relatives daily. I believe that this experience helped him to develop socially. These social skills are ones that I feel will help him cope with lives challenges and issues.

I researched childbirth in the county of Beijing. As described in the reading, every child birth is different in terms of the delivery. Babies are delivered in the same method as the United States. Mothers are asked to select a birth plan method. After this a mother has to select a physican. I learned that mothers can medical professionals may give more support to new mothers, as this support make the new mothers more confident of themselves and theier new relationship.