1) In "The Surprising History of How We are Born: Birth" Tina Cassidy starts off by giving the reader background information about why birth is different for humans then it is for other mammals, this also explains the need for midwives and how they evolved throughout time. Chapter three gives explanation for why the location of birth has changed over the years and the fourth chapter gives information on why birth is so painful.
2) Tina Cassidy tries to answer: How "we can touch the moon and predict the weather, map the human genetic code and clone animals, digitize a photograph and send it from Tokyo to Tehran with the touch of a button, but we can’t figure out how to give birth that is --simultaneously and constantly--safe minimally painful, joyful and close to natures design"?
-I think Tina's question is important because birth is constant, and our population, survival and development are dependent on how we conduct births. But I don't think it’s an answerable question even if we were to analyze the history of birth, to find out why our culture can’t have consistent safe and happy births we would need to know what a safe and happy birth was and ultimately "the perfect" way to have birth.
3) The main insight is that "every culture has had a system of midwifery, usually informal, with mothers and grandmothers, neighbors, or extended members of the tribe helping women through birth...they welcomed new life ushered out the old and took care of practically everyone in between..." "Some [hospitals] created their own birthing rooms or suites...but still this was mostly standard maternity care in disguise."
-The first part of this insight didn't seem too surprising to me because I grew up surrounded by midwives but for people for who haven't even heard of midwifery it is eye opening. Tina is really saying that there has always been midwifery but it didn't always have a name. The second part of the insight was more interesting to me because it showed that hospitals have had a long track history of not genuinely caring about their patients.
4)
a. The human pelvis can’t get large enough to accommodate for an appropriately developed newborn brain, so women are forced to give birth to underdeveloped children. pg 17
b. women tend to begin laboring at night, and give birth in the morning; because of this babies born at night (2005) have a 16% higher chance of dying. pg 14
c. Dr. Lovejoy said that "given the rate of technology a hundred years from now no one will be giving birth, well make children up from artificially grown fetuses.”pg 26
d. two centenaries ago midwives would perform abortions. pg 27
e. malpractice insurance is higher for birthing centers, yet birthing centers have better birthing records. pg 72
5) One of the beautiful things about Tina Cassidy's writing is that she incorporates storytelling, statistics and logic to form a blend of persuasion. Through my eyes this makes her seem brilliant, as if she is truly educated on the history of birth and midwifery. She also incorporates her evidence so that it creates segue's for other thoughts and ideas.
2) Tina Cassidy tries to answer: How "we can touch the moon and predict the weather, map the human genetic code and clone animals, digitize a photograph and send it from Tokyo to Tehran with the touch of a button, but we can’t figure out how to give birth that is --simultaneously and constantly--safe minimally painful, joyful and close to natures design"?
-I think Tina's question is important because birth is constant, and our population, survival and development are dependent on how we conduct births. But I don't think it’s an answerable question even if we were to analyze the history of birth, to find out why our culture can’t have consistent safe and happy births we would need to know what a safe and happy birth was and ultimately "the perfect" way to have birth.
3) The main insight is that "every culture has had a system of midwifery, usually informal, with mothers and grandmothers, neighbors, or extended members of the tribe helping women through birth...they welcomed new life ushered out the old and took care of practically everyone in between..." "Some [hospitals] created their own birthing rooms or suites...but still this was mostly standard maternity care in disguise."
-The first part of this insight didn't seem too surprising to me because I grew up surrounded by midwives but for people for who haven't even heard of midwifery it is eye opening. Tina is really saying that there has always been midwifery but it didn't always have a name. The second part of the insight was more interesting to me because it showed that hospitals have had a long track history of not genuinely caring about their patients.
4)
a. The human pelvis can’t get large enough to accommodate for an appropriately developed newborn brain, so women are forced to give birth to underdeveloped children. pg 17
b. women tend to begin laboring at night, and give birth in the morning; because of this babies born at night (2005) have a 16% higher chance of dying. pg 14
c. Dr. Lovejoy said that "given the rate of technology a hundred years from now no one will be giving birth, well make children up from artificially grown fetuses.”pg 26
d. two centenaries ago midwives would perform abortions. pg 27
e. malpractice insurance is higher for birthing centers, yet birthing centers have better birthing records. pg 72
5) One of the beautiful things about Tina Cassidy's writing is that she incorporates storytelling, statistics and logic to form a blend of persuasion. Through my eyes this makes her seem brilliant, as if she is truly educated on the history of birth and midwifery. She also incorporates her evidence so that it creates segue's for other thoughts and ideas.
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