Meet MY Kids
THE BIRTH OF MY
PRECIOUS BRYANNA
My life has utterly changed since
having my kids. Every birth was very
special and different. My three girls
were all born in June and my son was born in the month of November. My kids are all very different but they all
hold a special place in my heart. The
birth that I would like to specially point out is the birth Bryanna.
I was over 40 weeks do and there
were no signs of a baby coming out. During one of my weekly visits to the
doctor I was told to go to the hospital to have the labor induced. I will
never forget the 22 hours of labor I spent at the hospital. I was so much in pain but I was so ready to
hold my precious princess in my arms.
When Bryanna was born, she had the umbilical cord wrapped around her
neck, and as they pulled her out I noticed a petrified look on the faces of the
doctors and nurses. That
moment I had much longed for to hold her in my arms became a moment of despair without
knowing what was happening to my baby. I
was yelling and asking what was wrong but no one would tell me what was
happening. My baby Bryanna was born not
breathing and they had to resuscitate her.
After a while baby Bryanna started to breath she was observed for a
while and finally the allowed me to hold her.
She was so beautiful and the joy I felt in my heart was inexplicable I
was thankful to God to hold her in my arms.
We stayed a few days in the
hospital and before we were discharged to go home I asked the doctor if there
could be any consequences. The doctor
really never provided me with a clear answer but to him she was fine. As time
went by and Bryanna started to grow her physical growth, motor development was
normal. When Bryanna entered kindergarten,
her teacher noticed that Bryanna was not learning like all the other kids. At the age of seven years I took her to a psychologist
to get her assessed. After assessing Bryanna,
the psychologist determined that Bryanna could not decode. One of the questions that I was asked by the psychologist
was about the delivery of Bryanna in particular he asked me if she was born
with the umbilical cord wrapped around her neck. I responded that she did as well as she had
stopped breathing for a few seconds. He then stated that Bryanna’s inability to
decode was something that he noticed of many kids and that those kids were all
born with the umbilical cord around their necks. Bryanna is now a senior in high school
however she has struggled in school she has an IEP which has helped her to
support the areas in which she is deficient.
I don’t see Bryanna having a disability but I see her as a unique person
that learns differently in her own special way.
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THE BIRTH OF BABIES
IN COLOMBIA SOUTH AMERICA
I chose to research the birth of babies in Colombia South
America because my husband is from there.
Colombia is known to be an impoverish third-world country. I was astonished
to find out that there is a high percentage rate of women that die while giving
birth. There are many barriers that
pregnant women experience, from insurance, prenatal care, geographic barriers, and
administrative barriers. It was sad to learn that many of the women that have a
cesarean section die of complications due to hemorrhage, blood clots, and
shocks. Usually the death of pregnant
women occurs during the last stages of labor, right before the birth of the
child. Medical facilities lack the
proper equipment and supplies that are necessary to undertake a cesarean
section. What was most alarming was to
learn that a vast majority of maternal deaths could be preventable but there is
a lack of trained personnel with basic knowledge.
I would like to share the following interesting facts from
the web page.
Interesting
Facts
- In Colombia, on average 720,832 babies are born alive
each year. In 2006, 714,450 were born
- 87% of births are attended by doctors
- 20-35 is the age range which contains the most
pregnancies and births
- It is estimated that more babies are born eight or nine
months after holidays and long vacations, like the end of the year
- In Colombia, 100 girls are born for every 105 boys.
However, for every 100 girls that die in the first year of life, 130 boys
will die
- For every 1,000 live births, 22.5% of boys died in the
first year of life in 2006. In children under one, 12,211 died in total.
The group of 1 to 5 months had the highest number of deaths (2,850: 1,607
boys and 1,243 girls) followed by infants younger than one day (2,516:
1,429 boys and 1,085 girls)
- Neonatal mortality is about 12 per 1,000 live births,
or about 8,000 to 9,000 newborns die each year, a good part due to
preventable causes and improper handling
- Pregnant women, on average, attend their first prenatal
checkup in the third month of pregnancy
- In Colombia, nearly 200,000 teenage girls become
mothers each year
According to figures from Dane, in
2006, 536 pregnant women died. Main causes:
- 70 cases of hypertension
- 58 cases of eclampsia
- 57 cases of postpartum hemorrhage
In Colombia, Prenatal and Childbirth Care is often
Substandard or even Unavailable
