HW#44

Comments I wrote:

Johnny,

Based off of what I read in your project, I now have a much clearer idea of the two most commonly chosen options within the circle of pregnant women and couples seeking premarital adoption. The way your project was worded was very interesting to me; unlike most other projects who sought to get the same idea across, yours was very factual and had a lot of gritty remarks in it such as “This is shocking to me because I would think that the mother after dealing with the 9 months of labor and actually giving birth all by themselves would leave them wanting a companion, but as statistics show the woman actually don’t want to deal with there baby.” I would hope to see a more organized version of your project in the future that more clearly defines the different choices, benefits and cons of abortion or premarital adoption.

Amon,

Your project about the increasingly controversial topic of abortion really affected the way I look at it especially since I have not taken the time to learn about abortion more in depth than we have in class. Your focus on Thailand is especially interesting to me because it taught me about a side of abortion that is very different from the U.S. I am specifically referring to the difference in treatment of the woman in modern culture and the liberties that they are given or denied.  In a way I feel that the situation in Thailand is of great value to the U.S. because it shows how advanced and liberated we can be when it comes to making life changing decisions such as abortion. An interesting line from your project that made me think about what changes we can make to improve upon our system and possibly help others get on the right track is, “The abortion laws in Thailand are very strict, where legally it is still not allowed unless the situation threatens the physical and mental health of the woman.” Upon reading your project I wished to continue reading more but it came to an end. Your project is full of thought provoking ideas and facts that can really affect the mindset of a pregnant woman possibly thinking of getting an abortion.

Comments I received:

Amon   said...

Based off your paper, I can see that you are strongly supporting natural births. Unlike hospitals, doulas promote the mental stability and confidence which provides the birth mother with a calming atmosphere. I especially felt that your criticism concerning the false statistical evidence on home birth mortality rates evidently demonstrated the biased opinion of health officials.
I decided to read your assignment since I was originally planning on covering this topic. Though it was not the same essential question, I was interested in how significant of a role doulas are in giving birth, as well as the distinction between doulas and midwives. 
If possible, I would like to see a more well organized description on the process that doulas follow, rather than the promotion of natural birth. I also found some terms such as breech baby that could have been clarified for further knowledge on the topic. 
Overall I found the topic to be significant for coming generations who can benefit from being educated of alternative birth methods.
As you say, "Doulas are the real deal

Johnny P said...

I too like you want to see more doctors working hand in hand with the midwives and doulas in a more equal way. In my opinion i think midwives ans doulas are more important because unlike most doctors the doulas and midwives actually care about their patients. 
I valued how you use evidence to get you to your next point. i also valued how you made everything clear to let the reader know what points you made and what point you are trying to get across. 
This project matters to me because I wanted to have someone thoughts to compare to on this topic and i basically agree with everything you said here. I liked this paper and the only piece of advice i have is,i would only add 
more about what you think on this subject.