I had my first child at an early age. I was extremely scared and didn't know what to expect. By being having a family history of high blood pressure I found out that my blood pressure was high and I was known as a high pregnancy. My labor was induced and I was giving an epidural which numbed me from the waist down. An epidural is the best thing that doctors came up with. I highly recommend it. That night I delivered a 7 pound baby boy vaginally. This was great considering that my mom had to have a C-section with all four of her children.
The funniest thing I remember about my labor is my mom and the doctor arguing because she wanted me to sit up and watch my baby come out ant they wanted me to lay back push. As far as child development goes he was health, happy, strong and hunger. I always read to him, we watch Barney, Sesame Street, song the ABC song and other things. I basically treated him like I did my little sisters like he was my brother. Now that he is a teenager we still have that bond and act more like sister brother instead of mother and son. We talk about everything and everybody I hope we keep this open line communication.
The country that I did a little research on was Spain. Like the US, Spain is much medicalised. But there are some differences in the hospitals from Spain and the US. Hospitals in the US does not have a limit on the number of people that can be in the room during delivery, there isn't a public or private hospital like Spain,. On the other hand Spain has private and public hospitals. In public hospitals you have to share rooms with other women, less C-sections are performed, they have better resources for high risk pregnancy's and things will be provided for mother and baby. You don't have to bring anything. Private hospitals have private rooms family can stay overnight if they want, no visitation restrictions, high number of c-sections perform, bring your own supplies for you and the child and no resources for high risk pregnancy. If any complications occur the person will transferred to a public hospital.
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Hi Rashawn: It sounds like you and your son have a very good maternal/child bond. To have your mom as your support in the delivery room must have been awesome! Like Spain, some hospitals in the US limit the number of family members that can participate in the birthing process. In the State of MI, the limit is two in some hospitals and when I had my fist two children the delivery room was limited to my birthing coach (my husband). Thanks for sharing your experience I enjoyed reading it. Janella
ReplyDeleteHow long was your stay after the birth of your son compared to the postpartum care in Spain?
ReplyDeleteI stayed 3 days with my first and a week with my second because he didn't want to response to the hearing test.
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