The readings for today’s lesson were chapters 3 and 4 from the book “Maternity Rolls” by Heather Kuttai. The chapters tell Kuttai’s journey through pregnancy and childbirth. From what Kuttai states, it seems as if pregnancy was a very difficult time for her, emotionally and physically. It was difficult emotionally because although Kuttai and her spouse were very excited to be pregnant, not everyone was equally excited for or supportive of them. Kuttai states “I saw the man ultrasounds as many opportunities to see the sex, but I was terribly disappointed when my ultrasound technician refused to pass this knowledge on to our doctor, and therefore on to us. Our conversations about this quickly went from a discussion about knowing a baby’s sex to argument about disability” (Kuttai, 2010). This statement by Kuttai demonstrates the added pressure placed on her by society as mother, because of her disability. In circumstances in which a woman who is perceived as being able bodied asks for the sex of her child, she is told and congratulated and sent home with “keepsake” ultrasound images. Kuttai’s ability to produce healthy children is being hyper
