hw 36 comments

Juan said...

Hw 36 was very fascinating to read. This piece had alot of depth into it. I could tell that you put in the time to get the infromation you did. The line that most stood out to me was where you said, "The topic i would further like to investigate would be, How does teen pregnancy affect the parents? However i am also interested at, how much teen pregnancy has increased by over these past few years and what the majority of teen guys go through during this process." This stood out to me because it showed that you are taking this unit seriously and coming up with question that you want to know for this unit. Overall it was a good piece.
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Kane said...

The Post above is very very interesting. I cant believe that your having a unit about birth. This was very informative because i learned new things about what people tend to experience during birth.The line where you said, "He told me that it is very stressful. He has to deal with her mood swings and he says that it is the the worse thing he has ever gone through was very insightful. I am only 13 and i know that teens do have babies. I am not ready for a child so i can't even imagine how stressful it must be for the 17 year olds.

HW 36- Pregnancy and Birth Stories

        The first person i decided to interview about their experience with pregnancy was my mother. When my mother found out she was pregnant she was very shocked. She was also kind of scared and didn't know what to do. The first thing she decided to do was call my father who was in the army at the time. However being pregnant wasn't going to stop her from working so she continued to work for several months more. After about 6 months of being pregnant my moms belly grew a ton so she decided to take a break from working and decided to take classes where people would tell her what she should do and what not to do while being pregnant. My mother also told  me how every single one of her friends came to visit her and gave her presents and gave her alot of extra attention because she was pregnant.
        The description of the process of pregnancy that my mom was telling me did fit into my initial viewpoint of the subject. This is probably because my mom tends to remind me of what she went through while i was born and while my brothers & sisters were born. However the way my mom was telling me her story It seemed like it that was in the past and none of that matters anymore. She did tell me though how it was a bit hard going through pregnancy because the father wasn't around during that time. How she wished he was with her during that time. My parentswere about in there mid 20's when they were dealing with this and the way my mother told me her story it made me realize that mid 20's would be a pretty good age to have a child because 25-30 year olds tend to be responsible and can handle the taking care of someone else.
        The second person i decided to interview was my father. he told me how he was shocked when he heard the news and how he was a little fraustrated and worried for my mother because she was all alone only with her mother. While my father was telling me this i realized that both my mother and father were kinda going through the same mental stress and they were both worried and missed eachother. My father also told me that he wanted nothing more than to be with my mother at that point and he sad because he didn't end up seing his daughter(my sister) until after she was born and 6months old .
        According to my initial opinions about birth my father wasn't the typical guy during my mothers pregnancy. His stroy is probably the most unusual story i have gotten of a guy dealing with the birth process. Of course this wasn't my fathers fault that he  couldnt be wityh my mom during her pregnancy. However i believe that if he were with her he would have stayed with my mom during her pregnancy and they would have gotten through it together.
        After talking to both my parents the last person i decided to interview was my Friend who is 17 and got a girl pregnant and is currently going through the process. He told mee that it is very stressful. He has to deal with her mood swings and he says that it is the the worse thing he has ever gone through. However he told me that he is very happy he is going to have a baby and cant wait to be a father. This lead to me realizing that alot of people that have gone through birth try to look at the positvie things as a way to make the negative things seem less worse. 
        The topic i would further like to investigate would be, How does teen pregnancy affect the parents?  However i am also interested at, how much teen pregnancy has increased by over these past few years and what the majority of teen guys go through during this process.

HW 35- Other People's Perspectives 1

        While visiting one of my closest friends (who is about to become a father) I asked him how he was doing and how the mother was. He responded by saying, "i am good and my girl is also good. I then asked him if he was scared of the new born baby that's coming on the way. He Then responded by saying, "i'm a little scared but i am ready to have this baby and i will do everything to give it a good life and keep it healthy." This came as a shock to me because he is only 17 and most teenagers would be fraking out looking for a way out of having that baby. 
        Another person i decided 2 interview was my older sisters friend who has given birth. She seemed like she didn't want to answer any questions so i kept the questions at a minimal. However one of the questions i did ask was how was the birth process like? She replies by saying, Giving birth was one of the most depressing times and was so much to deal with. And i wish that i could have gotten more support from the baby's father  and my family." After hearing this i couldn't help but feel bad for her because she had to go through all of that. So then i decided to ask her how her child is and she replied she is good and very beautiful. The Strange thing i didn't understand was even though she had a hard time while pregnant she seemed to be happy she had a child.
        So this lead to my conclusion being that some people are luckier than others. However one thing in common that everyone goes through is through Emotional problems. All of these people i spoke to are pro-choice and support the option of abortion, because they think that some pregnancy's are accidents and just happen. So they shouldn't suffer for a mistake.  Also all of the people i talked to do think birth is a beautiful thing. They think it's the most beautiful thing of life.  

HW 34 - Some Initial Thoughts On Birth

        When i come across a topic such as Birth the first bubble that comes to mind is the woman carrying a baby for nine months, as well as the option of getting an abortion, and the people i know that have given birth already.  This lead to me thinking how birth is actually a beautiful process (maybe not at the time being because of all the pain the woman goes through and all that the man has to put up with) almost always leaving both the mother and the father happy in the end. This idea lead me to the question, "do all woman that have given birth feel a sense of relief when they finally see there babies?"   After brainstorming i came up with the answer that most mothers do feel a sense of relief after giving birth because they dont have 8 extra pounds on them which comes from the baby, and they dont have to be careful with what they do so that they dont hurt the baby.
         This topic could bring up alot of very interesting questions. Another questions I thought of was, "Why do some teens decide to go through with having a baby when they know that they are not yet ready to take care of a child and dont necesarrily have all that is needed to take care of a baby?" After brain storming i came up with the answer that maybe the pregnant teens feel pressured into keeping the baby or maybe some teens think that having the baby will change there life for the better and make them a to better person. So as one can see there can be multiple questions asked about this topic. I personally have a lot of questions that I would like to know the answer to for example, Why is it that the pregnant woman gets extra moody, why does the pregnant woman get such wierd cravings, and what causes her to be more likely to throw up when pregnant? I hope all these questions get answered throughout this unit and i'm very curious to see what i will learn next in this unit.