It was about 3:45 in the morning on a Sunday, where I found myself and my excited, wide-awake, good-looking boyfriend driving down a dark, eerie road to a hospital that was 61 miles away. Those 61 miles felt like light years to me I didn’t feel right all day today, I had a feeling deep down that my body was telling me that it was time. I was as nervous as I possibly could be, however, I had to remain completely calm because I could possibly be in labor and our first baby could arrive any time. So There I was, just Sitting there in that fast moving car, patiently waiting for the top of my big-ole belly to become super tight, tighter than a rubber band wrapped around your stomach 1000 times.…
Behind Cynthia’s smile she concealed unbearable pain as she observed her mother, Madelyn laying on the examining table. Wiping her sweaty palms with a paper towel Cynthia thought of this being the last time she may see her mother. She would do anything to take her mother’s place, although they hadn’t seen eye to eye for years. Smiling pleasantly Madelyn sat up from the examiner table, she adjusted her blouse. She’d been anticipating her doctor’s visit with Dr. Hutchison for over a month.…
On a beautiful Sunday afternoon in Westminster, Colorado, my parents Craig and Michelle Habben sat in Westminster Lutheran Church. Lyndsay, who was my cousin, was getting confirmed; my parents, along with the rest of my dad’s side of the family, sat and supported her. My mom Michelle had been experiencing some pain and discomfort all day, therefore, she didn’t get any sleep the night before. Once my mom noticed that she was having contractions five minutes apart, she knew for sure she was in labor with her second child.…
It was January 4, 1997, during a terrible snowstorm that I decided it was time to start my life. My mother was forced to carry me for ten months, during which the doctors told her that she and I had not gained enough weight. The day my mother’s labor was induced she weighed 115 pounds. When I was born I was twenty-one and a half inches long and weighed only five pounds and fourteen ounces.…
I still cannot believe my baby turned 5 months old this month! Time is flying by and I don't like it. We decided since Zander wasn't going to quiet understand this year, we weren't going to go buy a ton of stuff!…
Babies are like bits of stardust blown from the hands of God -Barreto . One day I woke up got dressed, ate breakfast, and watched TV until it was the afternoon when my mom said, “ It’s time to go see the movie in the park.” We were excited, because we always go to the movies in the park. The movie was “Frozen”, so we were excited we set up our blanket and picnic basket. Then my sister and I went to go play in the park, until it got dark.…
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…
I kindly accepted that those people were my siblings. They were all part of my family, but I felt an immense distance. Whitney had her own mother standing by her. My eldest sister and brother shared the same mother, whom I never saw before.…
My full name is Matthew Brett Casey. My birthdate was fifteen years ago on the day of March twenty- ninth. There are many activities and other things that I relish. I appreciate various sports including soccer, basketball, golf, and track. School sports I participate in include Cross Country and Track.…
I didn’t not know what I was expecting. On the first day of high school, I stepped into a crowd of students, waiting to enter the building that would become my second home for the next four years. I didn’ not know where I would stand among these highly accomplished individuals, or if I would even amount to the standards set before me. Self-doubt began to fester inside of me as soon as I stepped through the front doors. I expected less and less of myself as time went on.…
Latria was right, I was pregnant. I knew something was wrong with me, but I honestly thought I had the flu. It was November, and the weather was changing. I couldn’t believe that I was pregnant, in the middle of all of this madness. With most of my things packed in boxes back at home, I made my mind up that I would tell Trent today.…
Introduction The birth is considered to be the most significant stage in human life. People around the world, despite their religions celebrate this great event by performing some rituals as welcoming the newborn baby and preparing the child to life and to their religion’s obligatory. These rituals vary from one religion to another, but sometime there are common rites between the world’s religions, whether in the meaning of practicing some ritual or in the exact ritual. This essay will cover birth ceremonies in both Islam and Judaism, how these ceremonies are look-alike and how it differ in the two religions.…
In my birth experience interviews I included myself as a first natural birth experience in the hospital here in Phoenix, then I interviewed my sister-in-law in Italy, Genova, as a second C-Section birth experience with an epidural, and third I interviewed a friend, Anne, here in Phoenix of her fourth birth experience, home birth. I was 27 years old when I had my daughter Sara on Sept. 8 1998. I came from Sicily that I was four months pregnant. I broke the water around 3:15 AM, woke up my husband and took a quick shower, I had no pain yet. We went to the Paradise Valley hospital and the pain started feeling quick and strong, I was pacing, my mother in law told me about the epidural and advised not to ask for it, for she thought was…
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.…
The Day I Grew Up Walking down the road to my first job was the day I realized my life had changed. My first real responsibilities were beginning and accountability was starting to crawl its way into my life. I would have to sacrifice countless hours of free time, hanging out with friends, and sleep in order to work. I relate to Schoonover because like her on the weekends, I would go to the lake with my friends and out to lunch with them. Also, since I acquired the job, I would need to start paying for necessities and extracurricular activities on my own.…