the rest of the film goes on in a second discussion with my mother. I start off by giving her a list of local midwives and birthing centers in our area. Then I go on by telling her their services and practices. I read her exerts of my book (born in the usa) but she eventually let me know that she knew a lot of this information already. She wasn't completely against the medical model or the idea of going back to that environment but in conclusion, she assured me that she would highly consider going to a birthing center (which is what I was trying to convince her of).
Reflection- When I went into this project, I had a very biased opinion of what was the "right" way to give birth. I came into this discussion expecting to convince my mother of what I believed because I had so much information about it but she was very informed herself, and on top of that, she was way more experienced. She knew what it was like to be in a hospital and give birth and she didn't experience any of the horror stories that I had read about in Born in the USA by Marsden Wagner. In fact, it sounded as if she had very good and informed obstetricians, one of whom very much encouraged the natural birthing process (by asking her to squat, refusing to give her any drugs, and being against unnecessary C-sections). Doctors may not be as coddling as Midwives, but they are precise and get straight to the point which is something my mother may have needed. Based on the information I provided her about birthing centers (which you could obviously tell I was trying to push), she said that she would definitely consider that option, but now knowing a little more about her OB-GYN, I wouldn't be as worried for her and my future possible sibling if she took up her services again.
The main idea of your post seemed to be finding out what a woman with kids thought about birth. But at the same time you introduced it as a decision of whether or not your mother should have another kid. The only thing that is confusing about this is you say your mom knows a lot of information so I find it confusing how you would go about informing her more. Maybe i'm just lost. Also I'm confused about parts 2-4. But anyway I think all these projects are useful pieces of information but at the same time I like that you mother was more informed about birth then "common people". For whatever reason I thought people who gave birth wouldn't know as much as I did but 9 months of thinking gives more information then a month of what we did. I think this project matters because the video was actually very entertaining. Most birth stories are, they are rarely talked about and usually great stories.
ReplyDeleteI really likes your project because it was different from the rest of the students in the class. You were planning out a procedure to follow so when your mother decided to have another kid everything would be natural and the best for your mother.
ReplyDeleteI really valued your overall goal that you wanted to achieve in your project because you were applying what you learned from class,the movie, and the book to help out someone out in your family that you care for.
The reason your project mattered to me was because it was different the fact that you had a video that people could watch to see the work that you did for your project.
I liked the fact that you pushed birthing centers as apposed to hospitals. Hearing it argued in favor of birthing centers helped open my eyes to the other side of the argument. I also liked the video aspect of the entry. I think you could have made it more clear what influence the stories from the book had on your opinion.
ReplyDeleteYou interviewed your mother about your birth, and then gave her information about birth that we learned in class. I liked that you acknowledged that you had a biased opinion going into the project - people don't always realize or admit to this. You project matters because you brought up the idea of birthing centers, which hasn't really been discussed. The only advice I would give is to make it more clear what the intention of the project is.
ReplyDeleteAmhara,
ReplyDeleteI liked your project especially because I feel it was more of a personal project about talking to your mother about her past births and her future one which god bless I hope goes well. Being that you enlightening her about birthing centers and midwives I found it interesting that she already knew about the these topics. But like others have said in the comments above I didn't really get solidly what your project was actually about and I would suggest you to add more to it to give people a clearer understanding of what you actually trying to get across.
-Brendan.