Critical Thinking Assignment: Giving Birth To A New Baby
Critical Thinking Assignment
Delivery Methods
I am currently 33 weeks pregnant and will be giving birth to my second child, soon in about three weeks. I have a high-risk pregnancy due to my blood type, which is RH negative, and I also have what is called big c antibodies. I go in for monitoring at least every week and sometimes more then once. So far my baby and I are doing great, but there is still a chance that a blood transfusion may be needed and that the baby still may need to come earlier than 36 weeks, however only time will tell, as for now I am scheduled to deliver at 36 weeks, October 28th 2014. As I mentioned I already have one child, a beautiful nine-year-old boy. Nine years is a long time to wait before having another child but we are excited and looking forward to this new addition. My past experience of giving birth was at a hospital, vaginal and with and epidural. I plan on doing things the same way this time around. I am concerned about the effects an epidural can …show more content…
I fear the fact of being cut open and feel that it is just so un-natural. I do however understand that it is sometimes needed to keep the baby and the mother safe, and if that was my only option I would of course not question it, however it is not something that I would choose without the doctor finding it necessary. Conditions indicating cesarean delivery include diabetes in mother; an extremely large fetus; genital herpes in the mother, which can be transmitted to the infant during a vaginal delivery; an insufficiently dilated cervix; the possibility of severe hemorrhaging by the mother; multiple births; or breech presentation of the fetus. (Ratcliffe, 2007) I am very thankful I do not fall under any of the just mentioned. Although things can change from now until delivery, my doctor does not see that we should have any problems and should be able to avoid a cesarean
Delivery Methods
I am currently 33 weeks pregnant and will be giving birth to my second child, soon in about three weeks. I have a high-risk pregnancy due to my blood type, which is RH negative, and I also have what is called big c antibodies. I go in for monitoring at least every week and sometimes more then once. So far my baby and I are doing great, but there is still a chance that a blood transfusion may be needed and that the baby still may need to come earlier than 36 weeks, however only time will tell, as for now I am scheduled to deliver at 36 weeks, October 28th 2014. As I mentioned I already have one child, a beautiful nine-year-old boy. Nine years is a long time to wait before having another child but we are excited and looking forward to this new addition. My past experience of giving birth was at a hospital, vaginal and with and epidural. I plan on doing things the same way this time around. I am concerned about the effects an epidural can …show more content…
I fear the fact of being cut open and feel that it is just so un-natural. I do however understand that it is sometimes needed to keep the baby and the mother safe, and if that was my only option I would of course not question it, however it is not something that I would choose without the doctor finding it necessary. Conditions indicating cesarean delivery include diabetes in mother; an extremely large fetus; genital herpes in the mother, which can be transmitted to the infant during a vaginal delivery; an insufficiently dilated cervix; the possibility of severe hemorrhaging by the mother; multiple births; or breech presentation of the fetus. (Ratcliffe, 2007) I am very thankful I do not fall under any of the just mentioned. Although things can change from now until delivery, my doctor does not see that we should have any problems and should be able to avoid a cesarean