Category: Childbirth
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The Effects of Disrespect and Abuse of Women during Pregnancy and Childbirth: Analytical Essay
In a post-child-birth exit survey of 641 women, Abuya, et al. (2015a) found that D&A is perpetuated by health workers and other facility staff. Further, a systematic review of fourteen studies conducted in Nigeria by Ishola, Owolabi, and Filippi (2017) corroborates this and suggests that D&A was mostly reported as perpetrated by facility staff in…
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Effectiveness of Childbirth Education on Labour Outcomes among Antenatal Mothers: Analytical Essay
The birth of a baby is a powerful life event that has implications for a woman’s well-being and future health. But less attention is paid to interventions for the safety, and comfort of the antenatal mother and makes her feel positive about her experience during childbirth. A positive birth experience promotes a sense of achievement,…
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Gender and Family in Traditional Japan: Issue of Childbirth in Modern Era
How and why the childbirth in Heian and Tokugawa period were so different than todays childbirth? In the words of Marco Gottardo, Pregnancy and childbirth in early-modern Japan within a religious framework, as they were charged with religious meaning at the popular level[footnoteRef:1] represents one of the best angles to analyze this phenomenon. By this…
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Essay on Coping with Postpartum Depression
A topic I chose for this project is Postpartum Depression in mothers after labor and how it affects the bond with their baby. This topic is a personal topic to me because I experienced postpartum depression after giving birth to my first daughter in 2018. I felt lonely for the first three weeks after birth…
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Argumentative Essay on Postpartum Depression Considered a Mental Illness
When people discuss pregnancy, it is easy to believe that it is a safe process. While it is easy to notice physical changes throughout a womans pregnancy, it is not easy to realize the mental changes that pregnancy can drown a new mother in. What people do not see is a new mother going through…
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Modes of Childbirth and Causes of Postpartum Depression
The end of gestation or pregnancy phase is marked by the birth of the baby, either through vagina or through a Cesarean section. Childbirth is also known as delivery or labor. The most common type of childbirth is the vaginal birth, a natural mode of childbirth. Cesarean Birth, commonly known as C-section is a surgical…
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Connection between Cultural Background of Birthing Practices and Childbirth Experiences
The leading purpose of this article is to understand why cesarean deliveries are overused, considering the increased risk of complications that affect mother and fetus. The author makes it a point to focus on the larger scale of cultural factors that are associated with a key clinical measure of quality care for the maternal population.…
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Role of Informal Communication and Social Networks in Cultural Childbirth Understandings among Mirpur Women
This section explores the existing notions and understandings of childbirth that women have within the low income household communities of Mirpur. Drawing out their narratives and tracing the construction of those narratives allows us to see how women view their place in their own and in other womens reproductive lives and to understand the intentions,…
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Inductive Essay on the Role of Midwife
The following assignment will examine the role of the midwife within antenatal care. Firstly, looking at the changes that may affect pregnancy which could then impact on the midwives role, for example, conditions such as breech or gestational diabetes. To then continue to discuss the process of risk assessment and the importance of protecting pregnant…
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Why Does Postpartum Depression Happen: Essay
The adverse effects societal changes such as urbanization have on the incidence of Postpartum Depression and measures taken to support women. Abstract With the incidence of Postpartum depression (PPD) at around 20%, this paper aims to explore how a current stressor such as urban upbringing (a factor that has not yet been studied about PPD…