HW#44 - Comments on Other People's Projects

Kristin
In Brazil, abortions are illegal compared to the United States it is legal to terminate the baby. In Brazil is is considered a sin and you shall be punished for committing such a crime as killing a baby.

The part that you talked about the 9 year old being raped by her step father then later having an abortion because her physical body was not ready to have a set of twins i thought was very intriguing and heart felt. She was very young and it is unheard to hear something like that happen in the U.S.

I believe that abortions should be opened to everybody not excluded from different countries especially Brazil. If people in the U.S can have them so do the woman in Brazil have the right way also. Its not a crime as the women being raped but more so the girl terminating the child.

Larche
Women who have infertility are treated differently from women who can conceived. They are rejected from others and considered the bad in the bunch basically and become excluded from others.

When you talked about the woman from Mumbai and how she was impacted by the fact she couldn't have children for 13 years. She was rejected a lot by others and her identity was based on how many children she had.

It makes me think about my future and if i wasn't able to conceive any kids and how it would effect me as a person. I wouldn't want to be in that position such as that woman and feel as if i lost myself. Nobody deserves that.

Willie
Lots of women after they have babies suffer from Post-Partum Depression because of the changing of the body or having negative thoughts. Women who suffer from this can sometimes cannot take care of their child and have mood swings.

It crazy that some women wouldn't even know if they are suffering from depression. They can have all these possible symptoms and they could possibly hurt themselves and their child from this sickness without even knowing.

I never heard of anyone suffering from post-partum depression. I feel like it shows another side of birth because you don't hear it often from people that they have been depressed from giving birth.

What are some statistics in the United States of women who suffer from this sickness? Does it vary from C-Sections from Natural birth? Or both? What causes it?

Michelle
During the pregnancy it seems that the male has the right to do everything rather than the woman giving birth but when the labor is in action it seems that the male/father is not present more so the mother(grandmother) and the female family members but then again it depends the gender role attitudes.

I like how you said not only do the women in the U.S prefer female doctors but so do women in India too. Both women know what they want or prefer. No matter where your from all the women seem to have the same stigma.

I thought that it related a lot to my project because i wanted to learn the birth culture in India as well. I feel like it's something different from what we hear everyday and good to hear other's people views on things we might not agree on as well.

Brandon
Being able to learn more in depth of being pregnant and having another human inside of you and the effects that it had on you. Being able to deal with the physical and emotional appearances.

I like how the how the last woman said "The most amazing thing you'll experience in life is seeing another human being born. It was such an emotional moment, one I will hold onto forever", i thought that that was very touching and a tear dropper.

It nice hearing other people's perspective of being pregnant. Hopefully when i have my child, i will have some of those good thoughts also being able to relate to them as well. You never can understand until it actually happens to you.