Rossi
Your post was very detailed and actually interested me, when you actually do your posts they're really good. Quality work, Medium. A part i liked was; "Generally women, especially pregnant women, tend to be moody. Had her husband not been there to satisfy her needs when possible, then she would have likely been more angry and more often." While comedic, this was also interesting it brings up questions about the reliability that the mother has on the father and who single mothers have to lean on.
Max
I thought your post was very personal and was well thought out, I liked the structure of it. Putting the questions in between each paragraph as opposed to the end was a good idea. The insight I thought to be the best was; "In these types of situations i think that sometimes it might not be worth it 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." It was interesting that you thought this, and I think this brings up questions of the willingness of mothers to do what they have to do to protect their children, especially during birth.
Larche
Your post was well written and well structured. The part that I found insightful was "She spoke about needing a lot of help after having the c-section since she couldn't hold the baby for the first week, which didn't make her feel 'self sufficient'." It draws on our conversation in class about how we might demean women by helping them too much, this shows that maybe women don't want ALL of the help that they get. This would be an interesting thing to look into.
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Comments I Received
Rich (Protoge)
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.
Gavin (Mentor)
I 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.
As 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.
Rossi
Your 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 "
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." 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.
Larche
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.
Max
I 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. "
