I have not given birth nor have I personally witnessed it. So I found one of many home videos of the painful looking experience. You will find a link below to view it. The example I choose was of a water birth. It looked a little more personal than all of the hospital deliveries I saw. Gross is the best word to describe what I have seen. I don’t see the pleasure or wonderful joy that everyone speaks of, but I’m sure if I had one it would, maybe, change. I do agree with the logic of having a baby in a home like setting apposed to a cold clinical setting. I think a cozier start would help with putting the baby at ease.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXdD4XKaQt8&feature=relatedGIVING BIRTH IN SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, MEXICO
Maternal mortality rates have consistently dropped nationally with better access to health care. Even in Mexico the mortality rates has declined, but only in the richer parts of the country. Unlike the U.S. and London, the poorer areas of Mexico don’t have large or even well quipped hospitals. In the article titled The Dangers of Childbirth in Southern Mexico by Samuel Loewenberg, it is stated that mothers and babies are dying during the birth process due to the lack of doctors, lack of rooms available for delivery, no access to health care, slow medical attention, and bad treatment by untrained staff.
Although America has problems with fair treatment among its income classes, it’s nothing compared to what I have learned about the issues in southern Mexico and other underdeveloped countries. I find it all to be sad, scary, and undeserved in this day in age.
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It is extremely sad that this day and age so many children are not give a fighting chance.I can't imagine getting pregnant and it being a sad time because I would be worried if my child would survive. The stress of not being able to provide proper care for your child probably is a major contributor to complications with pregnant women.
ReplyDeleteI completely understand your take on areas that do not have good hospitals and how it affect morality rates. In South Africa many of the hospitals do not have the required sanitation or equipment and babies that would have made it in other areas die in these areas. I myself live in a area where our nearest hospital is 100km away. I always wonder what would happen in something goes seriously wrong with me or my child ot any one on our family if we made make it to hospital. Even with my own childs birth I was petrified that I might go into labour and not reach the hospital in time.
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