Topics- Methods of delivery, tools that were use to help women in labor, techniques of midwives in the 19th century.
Major Insight- The evolution of birth, she talks about previous techniques when it came to giving birth and pregnancy. It was more informational she didnt judge or look down at the old techniques and theories.
5 interesting aspects- Why dont they target enemas as much as epidurals and pitosin? - pg 178
do ultrasounds affect the baby or harm the baby? pg 172
midwives vs doctors pg135
C-sections being forced on women pg 116- 129
men being apart of the births, they seemed to be excluded its more about the doctor ans wife connection. pg 207-208
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Monday, March 14, 2011
HW 38
How is the book organized?
So far its a narrative, shes sharing her experience with birth and the things she knows. It's as if shes talking to the reader.
The major question the book tries to answer?
Doesn't seem like there's a main question yet. She just seems curious about birth and is sharing what she learned.
The major insight the book tries to communicate in the first 100 pages
How amazing the female human body is, also how sheltered pregnancy is. She compares the birth techniques and social norms of the stone ages to now. I do agree that the pregnancy is sheltered there's always someone there to help , even strangers lend a helping hand. Woman use to have birth completely natural and sometimes all alone. According to the book some tribes in Africa dont allow anyone to be around while the woman is giving birth.
5 interesting aspects of pregnancy and birth that you (and the author) agree deserve public attention
- Pressure of using medications
- Natural births
- Lucy and her pelvis and the history on the female development
What support does the author build for her/his arguments, how reliable do you find the evidence, how deftly does the author use the evidence without stalling the progress of the book?
She doesn't cite her sources so I dont know where shes getting her evidence from but so far its been based on facts. Its more of an information session then a book about the insights on birth. I wish she included interviews with pregnant women and they're experiences.
So far its a narrative, shes sharing her experience with birth and the things she knows. It's as if shes talking to the reader.
The major question the book tries to answer?
Doesn't seem like there's a main question yet. She just seems curious about birth and is sharing what she learned.
The major insight the book tries to communicate in the first 100 pages
How amazing the female human body is, also how sheltered pregnancy is. She compares the birth techniques and social norms of the stone ages to now. I do agree that the pregnancy is sheltered there's always someone there to help , even strangers lend a helping hand. Woman use to have birth completely natural and sometimes all alone. According to the book some tribes in Africa dont allow anyone to be around while the woman is giving birth.
5 interesting aspects of pregnancy and birth that you (and the author) agree deserve public attention
- Pressure of using medications
- Natural births
- Lucy and her pelvis and the history on the female development
What support does the author build for her/his arguments, how reliable do you find the evidence, how deftly does the author use the evidence without stalling the progress of the book?
She doesn't cite her sources so I dont know where shes getting her evidence from but so far its been based on facts. Its more of an information session then a book about the insights on birth. I wish she included interviews with pregnant women and they're experiences.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Comments
Brandon
Best: I like how you found out how they felt during the pregnancy,you allowed the reader to get a small understanding of what goes on in the mind of a pregnant women.
Interest: It makes me wonder if there are any social studies about pregnant women and they're common moods, or if they have mood swings and what they think about it.
David
Best : I like that you showed two different point of views, one positive one not too positive.
Interest: Why do they glamorized pregnancy,even though its not as glamorized as it once was they still ignore the dangers of it.
Lucy
Best : I like how you made it more or a conversation instead of an interview, it made me want to continue to read.
Interest: I've seen a television show called "I didn't know I was pregnant" the stories are so odd but it breaks the stereotype of what a pregnant women looks like or should look like.
Bryanna
Best: You showed a different aspect of pregnancy and how it effects people in you interview.
Interest: why is teen pregnancy continued to be glorified
Best: I like how you found out how they felt during the pregnancy,you allowed the reader to get a small understanding of what goes on in the mind of a pregnant women.
Interest: It makes me wonder if there are any social studies about pregnant women and they're common moods, or if they have mood swings and what they think about it.
David
Best : I like that you showed two different point of views, one positive one not too positive.
Interest: Why do they glamorized pregnancy,even though its not as glamorized as it once was they still ignore the dangers of it.
Lucy
Best : I like how you made it more or a conversation instead of an interview, it made me want to continue to read.
Interest: I've seen a television show called "I didn't know I was pregnant" the stories are so odd but it breaks the stereotype of what a pregnant women looks like or should look like.
Bryanna
Best: You showed a different aspect of pregnancy and how it effects people in you interview.
Interest: why is teen pregnancy continued to be glorified
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