For this weeks blog assignment, I was asked to write about a personal birthing experience, my own birth, child's birth, or one I took part in. I must say this is hard for me becuase I do not remember my birth,I have no kids as of yet, and I have never took part in anyone else birth. I only have one sister and she does not have any kids either. I have a huge family, but unfornately I have not took part in their birth or any of my cousins birth. I always come around after the birth has been made. I thought about what I would say and I recently asked my mother to tell me more about my birth so that I could complete this assignment this is why I chose this example. I will attempt to explain my birth.
My mom explained to me that she was 34 years old married to my dad and already parents of one child which was my sister and she was pregnant with me. It was a normal pregnancy,but she gained more weight with me than with my sister. I was born in Birmingham, Alabama at Carraway hospital on January 30, 1985 at 10:30pm on a snowy day. She said their were not any complications, but I took my time making an entrance into the world. I finally came into the world and she said they thought I was a boy because I came out with no hair. I laughed about that because now I have more hair than ever. She also said the special part about me was I was a beautiful baby and my birth mark was on the back of my right thigh which lets her know now that I am grown and she sees me with shorts on and see that mark that I am her child. I thought that was so special. We had to stay at the hospital some extra days due to the weather was so bad because we bascially was snowed in until the weekend. We went home on a saturday and I was wraped in a blanket that my grandmother had made for my mom to put me in as she left the hospital with me. We came home to the house that I grew up in for over 29 years and did not move out until marriage which my anniversary is almost here. She stated that I was a crying baby that wanted a lot of attention, but my sister helped out with her in making sure I was okay. I grew up becoming a wonderful child and by her telling me this story again lets me know how important Early Childhood Development is.
My thoughts regarding birth and the impact on Child Development is that Early Childhood Development is the most and rapid period of development in a human being life. The years from birth to age eight are critical to cognitive, emotional,and physical growth of young children.
I chose to find out how birth happen in Africa. I chose Africa because they have a ceremony after the birth of a baby to cleanse the baby following birth. They do some unique things in Africa that I found intereting while reading and that is the difference between my birth and theirs. The similar things is that from the time I was able to walk my mom told me she had me doing things. For example, I would have to go get my cup, go get a diaper/pull up. In africa their babies have to learn responsibility and independence as well. My experience that i have learned is that child birth is special and its a major change in women lives. I have not experience this yet, but I know it will be important to me when it does happen.
The picture at the bottom is a baby picture of me. I do not remember how old I was and actually do not remember taking the picture. I chose this picture because its one of my favorites and looking at this picture lets me know that I have a loving mother who cares about me and rasied me to be who I am today.
Reference
African tribes.(2012).Birth and Childhood rituals.Retrieved May 2012.africantribesuws.wordpress.com
Hello Vonecia,
ReplyDeleteI had similar issues when I read the topic for this week's blog post. I have not been around or witness any births. I am glad I ended up doing my own birth as well. It was a special time for my mom and I to sit down and connect. I had never asked her about my birth previously and I learned some really interesting facts. My mom has even been coming to me the past few days and adding more and more detail, the "oh and I forgot to tell you..." statements.
Thank you for sharing!
Jessica Arnold
Hi Vonecia,
ReplyDeleteWhat a great opportunity for you to bond with your mother and talk about your birth. I have birthing experiences but I have never talked about my birth my mother and I think I will do that just because I would like to know and it would help her with recall. When I was pregnant for my 4th child I was asked by my ob doctor if it would be ok if his daughter came in for my ultrasound because she was interested in following in his footsteps; she was only 14. It was a great opportunity for her and I enjoyed sharing. I hadn't picked a name for my 4th child yet who I found out that day was a girl. I named her Krystal after my doctors daughter. Maybe you could ask a local ob doctor if you could job shadow so you could gain some knowledge of child birth and who knows maybe you could share your name :)
Thank you for sharing,
Susan Tefft
Vonecia,
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful story. My little boy has a little birthmark on his head. As, a mother I can identify with your mom on seeing the birthmark and knowing that it is your baby. Its very sweet. My baby was born May 1 in Texas...believe it or not we had a snowstorm! It is always interesting to read about other cultures and how they raise their children.
Whitney Betancourt
Hi Vonecia,
ReplyDeleteMy first thought when reading your story was how lucky your mom was to be already at the hospital before all that snow hit! In the south when you are snowed in you are really stuck! It was my worst fear being pregnant that I would end up having a baby before making it to the hospital!
Super sweet how your mama views your birthmark:)
Heather