Overview
- Phases of Childhood
Desire to have Children
- Was a noble thing to do but serving god was higher
- Women took steps to enhance fertility
Childbirth
- Difficult time for the mother
- Most moms get baby blue or can develop postpartum depression (PPD)
- Midwife comes to help her through her emotional problem or female family member can also help
Professional Tensions
- Who is most appropriate to help the mothers, family, midwife, or medical professionals
- Feminist Perspective, medical profession is an example of men trying to take everything over
- Michelle Foucault was a historian we started to question the power medical professionals, because they pretty much had the choice of life or death
I think that having a midwife is a good thing as long as they do not get in the way of the family. I think that if they are just going to cause problems between people in the family that it is not a good idea, but if the whole family is happy with having a midwife it is a good idea. In Holland when my mom had children there was a nurse that came home with her for a week to help her with the baby and to make sure that the baby was healthy and everything went well. I think that this is also a good idea, because I think that new moms worry a lot about their babies are doing or not doing, and the nurse is there for reassurance.
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