It was not hard for me to decide who I wanted to interview for this assignment; my mother has given birth naturally to four kids which simply demonstrates one of the reasons why she is the strongest person I know. My mother was extremely young when she first got pregnant at the age of eighteen while still attending high school. She did not know anything about being a mom or what the birthing process would be like so during her first pregnancy she decided to take a Lamaze class to help her have a better understanding what her pregnancy and birthing process would be like. She had her first child at a young age, got married at a young age, and got divorced at a young age, but now my mom is the strongest woman I know especially after everything she has gone through in such a short time. A year after my parents got married I was born and was the fourth child my mom delivered, but being my dad’s first and only child.…
Happiness is something that can be defined differently, depending on who you ask, in the story Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. Three main characters that defined happiness differently were Montag, Clarisse and Granger. Even though each character’s idea of happiness was different they all found happiness in trying to recover the old government, where books were legal. Montag is one of the main characters and he finds happiness in trying to overthrow the firehouse by planting books in them, and also by not taking part in the firehouse’s activities any longer. This was proven when Montag said, “it’s only a step from not going to work today to not work tomorrow, to not working at the firehouse ever again” (61).…
No matter how much you love and appreciate the child or children you have, they *can not* and *do not* _take the place of_ or somehow _make up for_, the loss of the others. Like any other death, miscarriage is a loss. It is the loss of your hopes and dreams for that little person, and the love that you already felt for them, love that was growing every day from the time you found out you were expecting them. _ "It has been said, 'time heals all wounds.'…
New immigrants to Canada are much more likely to have babies than their native-born counterparts. Immigrant women who have spent five years in Canada “have almost twice as many children of pre-school age (as) the average Canadian-born woman,” according to an extensive study by two noted economists. The University of Waterloo’s Ana Ferrer and Princeton University’s Alicia Adsera pored over two decades of Statistics Canada census data to reach their conclusion. There are major birthrate differences depending on newcomers’ country of origin: The women who have the highest birthrates tend to be from Africa, Pakistan and India.…
Defining happiness is an incredibly difficult idea to portray. Different things make different people happy and there are so many ways that a person could express what happiness means. Webster’s Dictionary defines it as an agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from good fortune or propitious happening of any kind and the possession of those circumstances or that state of being, which is attended with enjoyment. Researchers claim that up to half of a person’s happiness comes from their genes. However, happiness is not determined by your biological makeup, but rather your mindset and the external influences around you.…
After being surprised about my pregnancy, last week, I had the harsh reality of being pregnant woman. I was mentally and physically stressful because I had all ills related to the first stage of pregnancy. I was so stressed to the point of starting fearing for myself. I had dizziness, nausea, vomiting, and all these were constantly followed by a permanent flu. In summary I had a terrible week that I spent by staying in my bed and that really made me very stressed.…
Just look at a baby. Soft, chubby and perfect. Smiling and cooing with a toothless grin. They smell good and they are adorable. We love to go shopping for baby gear.…
My take on happiness deals more with perspective and the basic goods. Meaning, we live in a world where approximately 3.1 million children die from hunger each year (worldhunger.org). The simple fact that my myself and family do not have to worry about where our next meal is coming from is a blessing which keeps me happy. Therefore, knowing that I’m in a good place in the world and knowing that I have the basic things to survive like food, water, and shelter, keep me happy. One could say that I was lucky to have been born in a country that offers so much.…
The Controversies of Extreme Preemies Of all the babies that are admitted to NICUs, prematurely born children seem to be the most controversial. The controversy begins because sometimes parents must make an agonizing ethical choice of whether or not to keep their child alive when machines or the only thing doing so. Every life is worth trying to save, but there may be a point, financially, physically, and mentally, when the survival of preemies may be doing more harm than good to both the child and their parents. There are many studies and expert opinions that back the idea of going to great lengths to save the lives of extremely premature babies. It should be noted that when it comes to the controversy over ethics, “A large majority of the parents in all countries (93 to 100 percent) considered the physician’s opinion in decisions regarding resuscitation status” (Baer & Nelson, 2007).…
My perspective on happiness is that it creates a self-realization of our notations which helps us recognize happiness and ways to fulfill happiness. Ranaldo Fadel lives on the coast of Brazil where he chose the life of tranquility, to subdue his happiness by becoming one with the waves. He stated that he has been surfing for more than forty years and loves each aspect of it. Ranaldo believes that if you 're preoccupied with stress and components outside…
Becoming a father was the best thing that has ever happened to me in my life. It is such a special feeling living for someone else and not just yourself, knowing that your sole duties in life are now to love, provide, teach, mentor, and discipline. I always hear people say “ Im don 't think I 'm ready to be a parent.” and to be honest, I do not think anyone is ready to be a parent. I can still remember like it was yesterday the day my son was born.…
Prenatal Care during Pregnancy to Reduce Birth Risks Unintentional or unplanned pregnancies are a major health concern linked to increased risks of harmful behaviors, abortions, negative social and birth outcomes (Feldman, 2012). According to Moeller, Veseau, and Carr while the rates of pregnancy and childbirth among adolescents under the age of 20 in the United States have fallen since 1990 it is not expected to disappear entirely and remains a national problem (2007). Pregnancy in adolescence has been connected to a variety of unfavorable maternal and infant outcomes. Health risks for teens and their infants include low birth weight, risk of prematurity, developmental delays, and poor prenatal weight gain.…
Becoming a mother is the most difficult and rewarding thing I have ever experienced in my life. Carrying a child in my womb for nine months and going through labor was something that was sometimes very hard. But once that was all over and I got to hold my new bundle of joy, a baby boy named Zeeden, it was all worth it. Early morning of March 29th, 2010, I woke up and had to run to the bathroom to puke. I don 't usually throw up.…
Preterm Birth Almost one million children die each year due to complications of preterm birth. That is 1 in 10 babies (“March”)! Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at less than 37 completed weeks of gestational age. Theses babies are known as “preemies”(“March”). NICU Manager Hope Garcia of South Carolinas Spartanburg Regional medical center states that the unit cares for 450 preterm babies each year.…
Pregnancy should be the happiest time during a women’s life but there are times when a women goes through difficulties during their pregnancy and therefore they tend to have high risk pregnancies. Six factors that lead to a high risk pregnancy are the following, gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, chronic hypertension, consuming alcohol and the mother’s age, are some of the factors and conditions that can possibly lead to a high risk pregnancy. Gestational diabetis as we learn in chapter 15 complicates about 2 to 10 percent of pregnancies in the United States. We learn that most of the time gestational diabetes usually develops during the second half of the pregnancy. After the child birth it is likely that the mother will develop diabetes…