SOSA 2503 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Umbilical Cord, Prenatal Care, Episiotomy
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Mothers and medical professionals share their experiences with the controversial practice of caesarean deliveries in brazil. Women only cared about having a healthy baby, not how they would be born. They only cared about the doctor"s opinion, who"s time was more important than how her baby was born. A woman reported: there was an umbilical cord loop around the neck of the baby may die. The baby wasn"t allowed to come close to the mother. They didn"t untie her, and she saw how they treated the baby. Highly unnecessary procedures were performed on the baby within the first minute of being born. She made her mind that her next daughter would be born as natural as possible. She wanted to know what she could do so that her child would be born well. The subject of birth is related to the whole society a lot of people want to have kids, or because they were all born.