Introduction Throughout history, home births were the norm, with generations of women giving birth in the familiar and comforting surroundings of their homes. However, as modern medicine advanced, hospital births became the standard practice in many parts of the world. In recent times, there has...
Introduction Childbirth is a profound moment in a woman’s life, significantly shaping her sense of empowerment and autonomy. Recent years have witnessed a resurgence of interest in home births as an alternative to hospital births. This resurgence is driven by a desire for more control,...
Introduction Childbirth is a profound and transformative experience, and the choice of where to give birth is a deeply personal decision for expectant parents. While hospitals have long been the conventional choice for childbirth, an increasing number of families are opting for home births. Home...
Abstract For many years, women have endured the hardships and pain of childbirth. Though a woman’s body is built for childbirth, there are several medications offered in the delivery room to help with pain. Around the world, there are many different views as well as...
Implications of Childbirth You are wheeled through automatic doors into bright fluorescent lighting. An empty hallway stretches in front of you, save for a few scowling nurses. In no time, your heels are up in stirrups in a room full of strangers and you are...
Introduction While childbirth is a natural process, the pain that comes with it is often accompanied by pharmacological measures. This research benefits the nursing profession by raising the question: What can we do to assist in the child birthing process while also being less invasive?...
Medicalization is the taking of something that is a part of the normal life experience and making it a medical problem, specifically one that requires treatment. This occurs quite often, especially in the Western world, but there is not example that is more apparent as...
Many would say that having a child is a journey filled with fascination and wonderment. It’s the beginning to a new life touched by the miracles from Heaven. As the nation continuously achieves advancements in technology, the question of whether or not parents should have...
What is it like when becoming a mother? This is a difficult question to answer because it depends on the person who is going through it. Being a mother can be a joyful but stressful as in same time. However, it is life changing. Many...
To date, even specialists can’t reveal to us how and why precisely a labor imperfection happens. Given this, many couple arranging pregnancy can’t resist the opportunity to stress. What would we be able to do to help reduce the dangers of dealing with labor deformity?...
When it comes to becoming young adult there can be several ways in which a person can develop, whether it be social and personality. With early adulthood there comes decisions with such development, it’s the time in one’s life where they make choices for themselves....
Introduction The contemporary discourse surrounding contraception revolves around the pivotal question of whether it should be actively employed to control birth or whether nature should be left to follow its course unhindered. The historical context of this debate reveals a transformation in societal attitudes towards...
The human lifecycle is biologically determined stages of development and is culturally understood and experienced. The rite of passage is any lifecycle ritual that marks a person or group’s transition from one social state to another. Arnold Van Gennep was an ethnographer known for his...
Historically, women have had to face a large amour of discriminations toward themselves in society, workplace, politics and in the effort to receive a better education. Within the past decades, women have been discriminated against in many different aspects and have struggled throughout their day...
Reproductive health services emphasis their resources on reducing perinatal mortality rate and have less attention to the quality of care and the experiences of the women (1). In the European countries, some efforts have been done to change this kind of care towards women-center care...
Pregnancy is the most wonderful experience anyone could have, but what if you were unable to have successful pregnancies due to fertility issues or other complications? Pregnancy complications such as breech fetuses and unsuccessful implantation are a few of the many things that can go...
Introduction Life begins the minute one egg and one sperm unite at conception. Over the past century technological advancements in science have allowed humanity to take a closer look into our younger selves; specifically, the process of our development well before birth. During sexual intercourse,...
The one issue which catch my eye during surfing for finding issues to write this paper is women’s age at first child’s birth. This is noted by Canadian Public Health Association in current issues forum. First looking at this I thought how this can affect...
Thousands of years ago, since the creation of man, there was the multiplication of human beings. Therefore, there was generation decency, the procreation, and births of babies. From there the life cycle is maintained, which is to be born, to grow, and die. Each birth...
During the past decade, it was looked down upon for couples to get married young, and start a family. However, life is a lot different today; now delaying of childbirth is very recurrent. For example, many people I know are having children at an older...
For this paper I chose to delve into the history of nurse-midwifery in the United States and how Mary Breckinridge sparked a change in not only nursing, but in childbirth as well. I chose this topic because I have worked alongside nurse-midwives for the past...
The research conducted by Tahir et al did not show conclusive evidence that telephone lactation counselling was effective at improving lactation rates at the fourth and sixth months postpartum. 1 However, there have been many studies and meta-analyses published in relation to lactation counselling and...
The vast majority in the United States “back up” the decision of sex education. Ninety three percent of parents individually support sex education being taught in middle school” and 96% in high school. The topics of sex education that is agreed by majority of parents...
The accessibility and availability of birth control have long been subjects of debate. This essay explores the question of whether birth control should be available over the counter (OTC). Birth control plays a pivotal role in family planning and preventing unintended pregnancies, making it a...
There is information about Total Fertility Rate changing in western countries since 18th century to mid-20th century that will be discussed in this fertility| fertility rate paper. In all countries, there is a decreasing tendency in the TFR. The TFR were around 5 in these...
Introduction Surrogacy legal, a practice in which a woman carries a pregnancy for another individual or couple, has gained significant attention and popularity in recent years. While surrogacy can be a pathway to fulfilling the dreams of aspiring parents, it also raises a myriad of...
