The birth of my daughter was one the joyous times in my life. It was a normal pregnancy. She was a full term baby. The mid-point of the pregnancy I found out that she was breached and if she didn’t turn on her own that I would have to have a c-section. Luck would have it that she did turn and everything was going accordingly.
10 hours of labor and I hadn’t dilated but 1 cm. It was funny up until this point I had no complication. After they induce my labor they continued to come in and monitor my progress. Before I knew it they were getting ready to take me up for a c-section just that fast they had lost my daughter’s heart beat. No pregnancy is without risk. Anything at any given moment can change what would have been a normal delivery. I had a 6 lbs and 7oz baby girl as healthy as can be.
I chose this experience because I went through the child development process. The love and support that her father and I provided, during the entire prenatal development to the point of delivery I believe had an impact on the person she turned out to be today.
The country I chose was Africa (Nigeria). In Nigeria they do not have the privilege of adequate health care facilities and good doctors. A lot of women who are able to have children depend on birth attendants who have no formal training in delivering babies (Alabi, 1993). I have learned that a lot of women from different cultures around the world are at risk of complication when deciding to have children because they don’t have the adequate health care they deserve.
Alabi, E.M. (1993). Traditional methods of childbirth in Africa-the Nigerian experience. High Beam
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Tonetta - we are colleagues again! Thank you for sharing your childbirth experience. You are blessed to still remember many details. Unfortunately, there are so many things I can't remember now.
ReplyDeleteSharing the typical childbirth experience in Algeria helped me realize that there is also a dispartiy within the United States between those who have quality health care and those who do not. Quality health care for the mother impacts prenatal care, the chidbirth experience, and early childhood development. Thank you for sharing!
Tonetta,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your personal experience. I can not wait for the day I can share my own. I am glad after what I am sure was a scarey experience she was a healthy baby. There are too many times when that is not the case. Is she your only child, or have you had any since her? If so did you have to have a scheduled c-section again. My sister was required to have one with her 2nd because her 1st was was an emergency c-section and I have heard that many time once you have had a c-section you usually will have another if you have more children.
Hi Tonetta,
ReplyDeletePregnancy and birth is a miracle! It is amazing how fast things can change during the birthing experience. 10 hours of labor! I'm surprised the doctor had you in labor so long. My sister is a birthing nurse. Things will go wrong more often than not.
Thanks for sharing!
Kristi
It's sounds like you have a wonderful childbirth story to tell to your daughter about her arrival in this world. I'm glad even with the complications she arrived healthy and happy, 10 hours later. WOW! I'm sure you are very proud of her. It is very scary to think of the complications that can arise during a pregnancy and the delivery. It is much scarier to think of it happening in a country without the proper health care and doctors needed. It's hard to think that a child in Nigeria and a mother might not have made it under the same delivery circumstances you experienced.
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