Birth Story#1(My Birth): In my first pregnancy, i felt weird. i didn't know what to expect, it was my first time. I was young and it was a learning experience. During the pregnancy, i didn't appreciate it. I was young and naive. While i was pregnant, i didn't do anything. I was just running around and living my life. During the pregnancy, my family was very supportive and happy which made it easier. i didn't have any feelings or thoughts influencing me to have a baby. I didn't plan the pregnancy. When i think about your birth i get happy thoughts.
Hearing about my own birth story was kind of interesting especially hearing my mother's perspective of where she was in her life. I like how she said that when she thinks of my birth she get happy which makes me happy. I kind of felt a little on the down side because it was unexpected but at the same time a joyous moment. I was able to learn a what my mother's thoughts about being pregnant for the first time and how it isn't easy at all.
Birth Story#2(My Sister's Birth): During my second pregnancy, i was definitely in tune with myself because i was older. I read about pregnancies in books and i was more in tune with my body. I wanted to become close with my baby and read more into being pregnant. I was in more stable relationship and better place in my life. I could handle and it was better. Mt husband was very supportive. It was planned pregnancy. We wanted a child and that responsibility. I was happy and was at a good time in m life. It was everything i was wished for, i wouldn't change anything.
I thought it was intriguing hearing about my birth compared to my birth. My sister's was more organized and planned compared to mines. She was looking forward to my sister's birth and she looked into it. She was prepared for what was going to happen in 9 months. I like how she said she was had a stable relationship and better place in her life because it helps a lot with the pregnancy. It becomes stress-free and puts more attention into the baby rather than other relationship issues.
Birth Story#3: I had a lot of mood swings and the pain was almost unbearable. I drank when i shouldn't have because it took the pain away. In order to prepare for my daughter's birth, i didn't do anything. The fact that i had so much family in the hospital room made me feel comfortable but the fact the pain was really bad. I broke my mother's arm. At the age of 16, i had my first child, it was just a spar of the moment kind of thing. Now that i look back, i realized i didn't make the right decision. When i think of my daughter, i think of how beautiful she was and how happy i was.
This story reminds me a lot about my own birth and the same things that my mother went through. Lots of women go through their issues of being pregnant in different ways could be good or bad. Hearing that through her pregnancy she drank for the pain to go away was an eye-opener to me. I never heard of something like that before. This story by far was interesting and unexpected turn.
Why do most women when they are pregnant cope with pregnancy not so well?
Leah-I thought your post was cool. I liked how you talked about your sister's birth compared to your birth. You can tell the differences your mom did from before to now. My favorite lines were when you said your mom "I was young and it was a learning experience". She was learning about her own pregnancy as everything was coming along. I didn't think about pregnancy before. It kind makes me want to know about my birth.
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Leah,
ReplyDeleteI like that you mentioned that hearing about your own birth was rewarding in that it offered you a great deal of happiness. It was certainly something I did not think of doing- thought it is clearly beneficial. When you began narrating the second birth story, I liked the fact that you mentioned the pregnancy books. I wish you had elaborated more on that idea- perhaps you could have related it to the way our culture deals with birth. Relating all your analyses back to the over-arching point of the dominant social practices in our society that surround birth is important. While I admire your ability to write concisely and to-the-point, I would suggest that you add in more flavor and details to make your writing even more thought-provoking. You should definitely proofread/go over your writing more than once to polish up your writing. I, too, also look forward to reading more of your work.
Bianca
For Leah, Your most beautiful line was, " Hearing about my own birth story was kind of interesting especially hearing my mother's perspective of where she was in her life." I can personally agree with this story since like most students I interviewed my parents eager to here my birth story. When you began narrating the first birth story, I liked the fact that you mentioned how you were sad a little because your pregnancy wasn't planned. This really shouldn't make you to sad, think about how many people are actually planned, how many people do you think are actually planned especially looking at single child's like myself? I agree with Bianca you should consider proofreading your writing multiple times, and try to add a little more into each paragraph. I felt as though something was missing in your analysis paragraphs but, luckily your was still so good that it could be filled in by reading more than once. Overall nicely done work Leah , I couldn't have done better myself.
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