I interviewed three people about their experiences with pregnancy/birth. One was a mother of three, the other an expecting mother, and the third was a father who had witnessed birth.
first interview
The mother I interviewed said birth was very traumatic, scary, and exhilarating. Especially the first child, because at first she thought she was ready, but when it actually came to the day her emotions were flaring. Her husband and her were very scared but in the end they had a healthy child via cesarean section. Their second child was the easiest and most painless. He was also a c-section and was born without complication. The third was more of a roller coaster, being born when her mother was 35, the last child was more in danger of complication and this proved to be true. The last child had to be hooked up to oxygen/incubators for reasons I didnt find out.
I feel that the general consensus is that your feelings during birth are happiness over most. Birth is beautiful and we underestimate the day of delivery.
Second
The father says birth is scary but worth it, because when you get to hold your child and realize that it's yours and that you helped to make it the feelings are unmatched and it's one of the happiest feelings ever. He said that no book or class can truly prepare you for that hospital room when your feelings are never stationary or certain.
A father's place in birth is often undermined and their emotions aren't often taken into consideration. It may be possible that the father is more scared than the mother, because he thinks more solidly because he doesn't have the physicality of the birth to affect his feelings.
Third
I interviewed a pregnant woman. She said that pregnancy has been weird and different and that the emotional ups and downs are unmatched. She goes to classes and has been reading a lot of literature regarding birth. She feels prepared but knows that while all of her preparation may help in the delivery room, she still doesn't know what to expect and is very scared but excited.
Birth is a huge deal, as is the ninth month period where the baby is in the womb. The women's emotions are crazy without hormones, so the addition of them can only make it even crazier. Pregnancy is like no other aspect of our lives, because there is a living thing inside of the women which is such a mind boggling experience.
The affect of pregnancy classes and pregnancy literature on the actual birth.
i thought it was a very strong piece you included a interresting amount of detail in each of your interviews. I can tell you spent a large amount of time in your interviews.
ReplyDeleteI think the post was very to-the-point and direct regarding the focus of your interviews and how thoughts can be scattered and varied on the topic of pregnancy. It's true that the feeling of having a living being inside the womb is mind-boggling. Women must agree even more.
ReplyDeleteAs for some constructive criticism, coming from an English major, always double check your writing for grammar error and do a spell-check. Doing drafts before publishing the full piece is always helpful- it lets you get a chance to make sure that you're saying exactly what you want to say, and gives you the chance to review it for yourself and see where you feel you need to focus your strengths.
All in all, not a bad post. You should read some transcribed interviews to get a sense of how these things are done professionally.
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ReplyDeleteYour post was very well written. I like the way you began with the first person, summing up her feelings right away. This was a vague yet elegant introduction into the rest of the blog. The most insightful part to me was "
ReplyDeleteA father's place in birth is often undermined and their emotions aren't often taken into consideration. It may be possible that the father is more scared than the mother, because he thinks more solidly because he doesn't have the physicality of the birth to affect his feelings." I feel like this is a very true statement because all of the attention is on the mother. While this is appropriate, it seems as if fathers are not always given enough credit for there roles in the entire process from dealing with the mother and their mood swings and "cravings" to holding their hand in the delivery room in most cases. Mothers tend to be very dependent on their husbands and their role is significant to both the mother and the child, therefor i think they deserve more credit.
I think one way that you can improve your posts would be to try to make the later summaries of the interviewees as interesting as the first. Your engaging style of writing was not consistent in the last story and maintaining that consistency will make your blogs much more interesting altogether.
I enjoyed reading your interviews from three different points of view of the pregnancy and birth process. I liked the line "Pregnancy is like no other aspect of our lives, because there is a living thing inside of the women which is such a mind boggling experience." It shows that pregnancy and birth is an experience that is handled differently by mothers and fathers as they experience a variety of emotions ,knowing that they are bringing a life into this world.
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ReplyDeleteI really thought that you post was very thought provoking. As opposed to in my post when i gave the names of my people i interviewed your people wanted to be kept private. And i undertand why their story's are very personal and really show how they feel about this topic. I felt like your most insightful line was, "The mother I interviewed said birth was very traumatic, scary, and exhilarating. "