In the book Birth even while being in the hundreds section of the book, the historical parts of birth are still being talked about such as the doctors's methods, and the tools being used. I enjoy the way the book is written because I feel in order to understand and come up with an opinion of the birthing system, then you have to know the history of the topic so that you can reflect on the history and compare it to the present, or even the future. In the Business of Being Born they don't give much attention to this specific topic, normally this would be a bad thing but since Birth talks about it's okay. As I included in last post in my opinion the major insight that the book attempts to communicate is letting the reader know what the historical aspects of birth are and how the process of giving birth is changing,and has changed.Soon after reading more in the book I began to become a little intrigued with the methods that doctors were using. The way they treat childbirth you would think they were holding a pregnant foreign lady prisoner. Let's be serious now how ethical and moral can giving women drugs against their will be. One proposal I have for this method in particular would be getting a written, and verbal This major insight made me think of the question how does the growing information about the the classic birth methods shown in the book compare to the present birth methods shown in Business of Being Born enlighten people and allow them to take that knowledge and apply it to themselves to better their decision? Will we see a large decrease in the extremely high cesarean rates?
1. I don't understand why even though the pros of c-sections don't seem to quite outweigh the cons they are still done at such an alarming rate? Is it because people are just being misinformed? Or is it because since the doctor is referring it, the patients don't want to go against the 'wise professional' (pg 107)
2. Natural vs Medical this is an idea that will come up as long as you talk about birth. Before this unit started I thought the idea of birthing at home was weird, and dangerous. This is what society had taught me my whole life. Is this because our society favors hospitals and doctors more than midwifes? Probably when people hear hospitals they think doctors, and technology. Honestly that does sound more comfortable than a midwife and less technology,especially if you only know what the average person knows about birth which isn't much. (pg 183)
3. What are the differences between tools with midwives and doctors? Or even better who knows how to use that technology more effectively? ( pg 161)
4. Personally I think that since celebrities seem to highly value C-sections as a way to keep your body noticeably similar to pre-pregnancy that's why hospitals seem to value them more. There favoring what the rich seem to prefer instead of what the common people seem to prefer which is something that happens more in American society than it should. (pg 123-124)
5. How often are cesearan sections peformed in other countries? How does this affect their birthing? Does it lead to more deaths or less for babies and the mother? (Pg 103)
The one crucial factual claim that I chose to research was the symphyseotomy. This word stuck out to me I had never heard anyone say it before, didn't know how to pronounce it, didn't and still don't know how to spell it, and couldn't figure out what it meant even with the book telling me. Fortunately the author was just about correct with her research about symphyseotomy. She gave two examples of women where it happened and showed how it affected them.
Dumont, M. "The long and difficult birth of symphysiotomy or from Severin Pineau to Jean-Rene Sigault." U.S. National Library of Medicine . N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Mar 2011.
Bibliography:
Dumont, M. "The long and difficult birth of symphysiotomy or from Severin Pineau to Jean-Rene Sigault." U.S. National Library of Medicine . N.p., n.d. Web. 23 Mar 2011.
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