Monday, February 14, 2011

Initial Thoughts on Birth

Birth is the start of a new story. The beginning of the most important thing to every person. Even though it is so important it is impossible for any person to remember this event. It isn't exactly the happiest thing while it is happening though, or for the nine months that the woman is pregnant. When the woman is pregnant they literally have a tiny person who feeds and lives inside of them. They have to give up their looks, youth, and energy just to carry another person to help keep human kind going. So I wouldn't be surprised that they would act unusually. Also giving birth is one of the most painful things a woman can go through so it is not exactly a sight to see. Yet still the man normally is in the room with the doctor when it is happening. It goes from possibly the most painful horrid things for a woman to what could be the happiest moment in a families life. 
Are there alternatives to where birth is given? I have never heard of a birth that hasn't been taken in a hospital, but I know that there must be some.
What is the most widely used form of giving birth? Natural, C section, ect.
What else goes on in the room when birth is given? 
How are the babies treated in those rooms at the hospital?
How did birth in hospitals become the social norm?