BREAK HW

1. Giraffe Birth
The birth of a giraffe is quite like the birth of a human with the fact that the mother goes into labor and then the mother gives birth to a breathing mammal oppose to laying an egg. One thing that I found interesting is in the zoo they try to keep the birth as natural as possible as to keep the cycle going on how the giraffes give birth. The zoo keepers do not interrupt the birth at all, giving the giraffe medicine of assisting her. They try their best to make the environment as natural and helpful as possible. They did this by placing sand in the area the female giraffe would give birth in so that when the baby giraffe comes out it will have cushion to fall on. They also separated her from the rest of the herd but left one female giraffe with is like her midwife. Comparing this to human births, some woman try to make their births as natural as possible. There is also a sense of comfort in humans as well as giraffes with having someone with you there to encourage and help you through the experience. On the contrary with he giraffe birth the mother was the one to stay with her baby, being there as it struggles to stand up and nudging it after it is born so that it can breathe. They rely on themselves and their natural instincts to care for its offspring after the birth. For humans the baby is taken away from the mother for awhile and then given back so that she may breastfeed or see her baby. There is more interruption with human birth while giraffe births are more natural and undisturbed.

2. Dolphin Birth
One thing that I am noticing that is important in this birth is that the dolphin is in its natural habitat. Not only that but it is doing what it normally does, swimming around. When we give birth we have to stop what it is we are doing to rush to a place designated for us to give birth. A lot of people give birth in hospitals or birthing centers. With these mammals they stay in their comfort place, in a natural place and give birth there. In these births watching them I can feel that there is a special relationship between he mother and the offspring. After the birth the offspring stays with its mother, in this video the baby dolphin swims in sync with its mother around the tank. Going back to human births and the birth of the giraffe it is very evident that the newborn mammal needs and is very reliant on its mother. I also find it interesting how in both videos I have yet to hear any of the mammals sound like their in excruciating pain. its interesting to see how relaxed these mammals feel as they give birth.

3. Home Birth
This video is actually one of the only videos I've seen that the birth actually looks like the woman had a good experience. I noticed that she changes positions a lot which she said helped her a lot. She is constantly comforted by her husband who takes on an active role in the birth by holding and caressing her. As well as by her midwife and mother who are in the room with her talking and helping her. One thing that i also found interesting is that more than one person was actually down there helping to take the baby out, it wasn't just one person ( a doctor) who was taking control and doing what they thought was right. I also noticed that there was more deep and heavy breathing versus screaming and cursing which set a good and calming mood for the birth to happen. I also noticed that at one point the mother even got to see the baby crowing in a mirror that someone held up for her to see. Many woman are so overwhelmed and busy listening to orders at a hospital that they don't get the chance to stop and see whats going on. This video was very interesting and insightful in seeing a natural and remotely pleasant birth.

4. C-Section
I actually began to watch this video and then got extremely grossed out by the way it looks. I personally would not want to get a C-section but I can understand why women get them. I looked up some of the benefits of getting a C-section and read about some interesting reasons why women get them. Some of these reasons included the mother having a sexually transmitted disease, multiple births, a possible large baby that would be complicated passing through the vaginal canal as well as other things. i see all of these reasons to be very valid but i personally don't think it is a good idea if the mother does not have the possibility of complications with a "regular birth". I also think back to the way society is now and how so many people rely on surgery's to make things less painful or different. Plastic surgery is very popular and I think of this as the plastic surgery of birth. Instead of doing things as naturally as our culture will allow the person resolves to having an operation where they are unconscious and having the baby cut out of them.