As thick black smoke swirls heavily over a young light-skinned slave girl, she squats in a smoldering, charred canebrake giving birth to a child she never wanted to conceive. And, with no eyes upon her, other than those of an unjust God and the night creatures that have stopped to watch the nativity, mother and child become separate beings. » I was born in a canebrake in the Bayous of Southern Louisiana during a pre-harvest burn; it was the fall of 1814. My mother was a Quadroon slave named Anastasia, my father, the wealthy plantation owner who owned her. He knew nothing of my birth at first.…
In the documentary, The Business of Being Born, there are two methods of birth that are being compared and contrasted, including home births and hospital births. Throughout the film, the director Abby Epstein and executive producer Ricki Lake are implying that the cost of comprehensive trust in technology available in the hospital setting is reflected in the United States infant-mortality and maternal-mortality rates. According to the film, the newborn death rate for the United States is the second worst in the world (Epstein, Lake, & New Line Home Entertainment, 2008). The film reinforces a cultural disrespect towards normal home childbirth as a causative factor. Fascinatingly, the film highlights how the American maternity system has fallen…
When the doctor told me that my unborn child did not develop arm or legs, my heart dropped. You could imagine my excruciating heartbreak finding out the bad news. There was no holding back the tears, no matter how hard I tried to cover my emotions. That day I was supposed to find out if I was pregnant with a boy or girl, not that my child had a severe birth defect. Regularly, I thought of the things my son would not be able to do; crying because I felt remorse for him.…
1. Birth Order I was originally an only child until I was five. My mom and I were always incredibly close. I had her and she had me. My dad left when I was five, and because my mom was deaf it was incredibly hard for her to help me with homework.…
It is September 1st. School is starting really soon for me. I was discharged about a week ago but am still pretty sore. Every thing I see in the corner of my eye scares me and makes me scream, thanks to that dreadful foreboding night. I’m scared for Aiden and my unborn baby regardless on what the police officers said.…
I left for school a couple of hours later. My first class of the day was english, around 30 minutes into class the phone rang and it was for me. I was going home for the day. When I got to the car my mom was in tears.…
1995 The year i was born.. I borned in Los santos, at the *All saints-Hostpital * I've always been Healthy and a strong person.. my family isnt that big.. My Mom (Jane McWilliams )…
It was a cold night snow on the ground and my cries filling the air in the hospital. I had just been born. Being a baby is great you don’t remember anything but your looked at as innocent and adorable. When you hit the toddler age and so on down the line your labed as adventurous, active, and chatty. At this age you are capable of making mistakes but they’re small sometimes.…
One of the most important experience that I have had happened a week after my brother was born. My whole family and I were really excited to have a baby in the house, about one week after he was born my father got really sick. He had really bad asthma which was weird because he never suffered any symptoms of asthma. He woke up in the middle of the night and could barely breathe, this was a really scary experience for me at age ten. My mom didn't know what to do so the first thing she did was call the ambulance and my father went to the hospital.…
My freshmen year in my child development class, I studied birth order. Each week I observed the 3 – 4 year olds in the nursery. In the beginning of my study Ms. Mason was able to tell me the birth order of each child in the class. In addition, I also read studies about birth order. I found that the eldest child tends to be the most organized; they tend to be structured and conscientious.…
In Our Blood When I was little, my mother nearly died giving birth to my little brother Brayden. Her delivery nearly left her bleeding out in the front seat of my dad 's Honda Civic. By the time Brayden’s little body popped out of my mother, my dad had hit a tree going 95 miles per hour. My father died on impact, but Brayden was left crying on the floorboards of my dad 's old smashed up car. My mother left the hospital weeks later with my new baby brother.…
Birth Story My mom was 24 years old when she found out she was pregnant with me. She missed her period so she took a pregnancy test, followed by a doctor’s appointment to make sure.…
Birth/Early Childhood My life started off unexpectedly as I was born three months premature. My mom was on her way to Florida when she was airlifted to Toronto.…
One life, one childhood, and one adulthood is all we are given. Mom, this letter is for you and for my healing. My youngest memory consists of sitting under the stairs in the first house that you had with your new husband. You and him were fighting, always fighting.…
Title Page My journey in life did not truly began till the summer of 2011. Just like the setting scene of the book Ping, it was the beginning of life to come that was all we knew. When everything in the pond was pure bliss, life was wonderful to say the least. It seemed as though nothing could be a problem and that life was kind and no one really knew what lie ahead. Everything at the pond was laidback, easy-going, and full of contentment for everyone but Ping as we later come to find out.…