Childbirth in My Life and Around the World

     My child's birth was a great experience.  At the age of twenty four, I give birth to my first child.  The first day, I realized I was pregnant.  I was working at Brookdale Hospital.  I just had my lunch.  It was a hot dog with chili sauce, and a fruit punch drink.  The moment I stood up, the food came up like a water fountain, non-stop vomiting.  One of my colleagues grabbed me and took me into a bathroom. What a site to see!  The next day I went to my doctor, and it was confirm, I was pregnant.  The morning sickness last about a month.  My pregnancy was great after the morning sickness slowly faded away.

   The day I gave birth, it was a hot, humid, holiday weekend, fourth of July.  I went to Long Island University  hospital at midnight.  The doctors and nurses check me in, but I was only one center meter, so they tried to send me home.  As I walked pass the nurse station, my water broke. Therefore, the hospital had to keep me.  It was the longest 24 hours of the strongest labor pains, and for my child to enter the world. The staff was excellent.  I could not ask for a better staff.  They were patient, gentle and calm.  My child (son) was deliver at 9:38 p.m. on July 5, 1986.  It was the same date my grandfather was born.

     I chose this birth event because it was my first birth.  It was also a special day for my grandfather.
The impact of my child's development was a serious matter for me. My child is extend part of me.  How  you care about yourself  show in your child when he or she is born.  My child weight was seven pounds two ounces at birth, a normal size, and a healthy baby boy.

    Around the world children are being born every year in sub-Sharan Africa 1.6 millions babies in the first month of life and another million babies are stillborn.(The Partnership, 2012).  What seem to be a celebration  in the United State for women, is like a death trap for women in other countries.   Each year in Africa, 50 million women become pregnant, and 18 million give birth at home without skilled care. (The Partnership,
 2012). The top three causes of newborn death in Africa are infections, prematurity, and asphyxia.  Seven hundre women die of pregnancy - related causes. (The Partnership, 2010)


                                                                          Reference
The Partnership: Opportunities for Africa's Newborns
www.who.int/pmnch/media/publications/oanexecusum.pdf