The birth experience I chose was the birth of my son. This is the only birth I have had experience with that I remember. He was an unexpected C-section birth. After many hours of labor and the epidural wearing off, he was stuck. I decided to go ahead with the C-section and another epidural. He came out and had an Apgar score of 8. We did not find out the sex of our child till they delivered him and the nurse said “Well Dad, tell her what we got!” It was at that moment I knew that my suspicions were right, that we were going to have a beautiful baby boy.
I would like to believe that the birth experience has little to no impact on a child, but I know that I am wrong. The birth experience has a huge impact on the development of the child, especially if the birth was a traumatic one. Medical attention needed, the stress level of the mother, the alignment of the stars all have an impact on the development in later life.
The region I chose to research was a birth center in Rid De Janeiro Brazil. They use birthing centers to provide a more social event than a medical event. They want to provide a more home like birth than a sterile birth. The medical community is not as excited about this as the community. Some of the centers are being closed due to lack of sterility in the setting and lack of medical equipment. The centers are run with nursing assistants, social workers, and nutritionists. The centers provide many services to the community such as classes and prenatal checkups. The centers do only accept women who are in good health and little risk of complications. The advantages of giving birth at the center is that your family is with you, you are allowed to get up and move around, give birth in any position you want, and can eat what you want. You are not separated from family or restricted to a hospital bed and monitors. The argument against the center is that if complications do arise medical intervention is 20-30 minute ambulance ride away.
I do like the theory behind the centers, have a natural experience for birth. The experience does sound simple and more relaxed. My experience was a combination of both worlds. I was able to have my family near and could get up and move around as I pleased until the epidural. I was not strapped down to the bed until the C-section began. I had the sterility of a hospital and medical intervention just seconds away.
Resources:
Frayssinet, Fabiana. (2011, March) Birth Centres vs. Hospitals. Health Brazil. Retrieved from http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=47318
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