HW 36 - Pregnancy & Birth Stories

The first person that I interviewed was my mother.  I asked her to tell me the story of my own birth which I have heard many times.  Some of the really interesting things about my won birth that my mother told me was that she was only in labor with me for 3 hours.  Usually a women is in labor for about 8 hours and mine was a significant difference of 5 hours.  I was also told that I was a week early.  I was supposed to be born october 31 1994, but i was born october 24th 1994.  Since I was the second child my mother said that it was not as painful as when my brother was born since she had already experienced birth once before.
What is more scary to a mother, the birth while it is happening or the days leading up to the birth?

I interviewed my mother again but about my brothers birth.  When I asked about who's was more painful she told me that it wasn't even a question that my brothers was much more painful.  Since he was the first child she had never experienced birth before my brother.  She described it as much more uncomfortable then painful.  She also told me that just knowing she was doing all this to have a child made it worth it.  She disregarded all other distractions and the whole time was just thinking about having a family who she would love and would love her.
Why do parents cherish the moment of birth so much rather then the process?

The last person that i interviewed was my aunt.  She told me that her first experience with birth was when she had my older cousin.  She told me that it was actually a scarey experience for her.  It was scary for her because there was a problem with the birth process that she preferred i did not talk about but she did say i could say it was a life or death situation.  In these type of situations i think that sometimes it might not be worth if if you go through that whole process and in the process your most prized thing in life dies.  It is not worth going through all the painful memories.
When a child's life is in danger during birth who should have the say on what to do in the situation?

HW 34 - Some Initial Thoughts On Birth

Some things that i would like to know about birth is the whole process in particular.  I want to know whether a child who is born in their own home will be different then a child who was born in a hospital.  If that is so then why does this happen?  It could be because the environment is more comfortable in a way although the baby may not know it, it could have a big impact on their life.  In my opinion since the baby is so young then I don't think that it has much of an impact to them.  But the way that the parent chooses to shape their child's attitude has a huge impact on them because the child learns its attitude from their parents.  If your parents are rude and disrespectful then they will show their son to have an attitude just like that.

I also wanted to elaborate on the thought that chris talked about on his post.  He wanted to know if a child who was born into a rich family was more celebrated rather then a child who was born into a poor family.  I do think that it is more celebrated for a rich family because they can afford it.  When a poor family has a child they think of it as more money that they have to waste.  A rich family doesn't worry about the expenses because they feel that in their situation money isn't a problem so it gives them more of an opportunity to cherish their child. But this may not be true with all family's because some might want a kid so much that all the work they do to keep their child happy is worth it just as long as their child is having a good life.