Personal birthing experience

First week in Childhood Development:

My personal birthing experience is the birth of my daughter. I remember the joy and the excitement of her coming into the world. We were both nervous and so excited. I remember the hospital staff being so nice and helpful. We had taken Lamaze classes so that helped with my breathing techniques. I just remember the contractions becoming so intense and the breathing strategy I lost it after a awhile (lol). My poor husband was so scared. I had to have an emergency C-section due to my daughter not coming down the birth canal.  We were new parents and our families lived in another state so we did not have family who could be there with us

I chose this example because it was one of the happiest moments in my life I had always wanted a "little girl".

I feel that the birth of a child and the development can be affected in that if they did not get the proper nutrition or if they were exposed to harmful drugs while in the mother's womb that can delay their development when they are born. The affects are that they can be born prematurely and suffer from developmental delays in learning.

Child births in Japan

Women in Japan strive to give births without painkillers.
They believe that labor should be experienced without medication testing their preparation for motherhood.
Japanese women deliver in hospitals the father of the child may only be in the delivery room if acting as a labor coach and can only be present at the birth if he has taken prenatal classes with the mother. If the mother has to have a C-section he has to go to the waiting room.

Hospital stays in Japan are longer than the U.S., for a vaginal birth the stay is 5 days, for a C-section delivery the stay is 10 days.

The mother and baby stay a the mother's parents home for a month or longer after leaving the hospital. The culture tradition is that women stay in bed with their baby for 21 days . Friends and family greet the new baby they join the family in eating a celebration dish of osekihan (red rice with red beans).

Japan is similar to the U.S. in that they require the father to wait in the waiting area if the mother has to have a C-section. My husband had to wait in the waiting room since I had to have this procedure as well. A woman who has had a C-section in Japan stays in the hospital for 10 days in the U.S women can stay approximately 3-4 days, I was released in 3 days . A vaginal birth in Japan the hospital stay is 5 days in the U.S. the stay could be 2-3 days then a mother can be released.

I think that not taking any painkillers could be very risky. Everyone's body may not be able to handle the pressure or the affects afterwards that the body could experience. I personally would want my birthing experience to be as comfortable as possible. I know that not taking painkillers is a part of some cultures.

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