I think that your most beautiful section in this post was when you spoke about how different it was that the 17 year old girl's boyfriend was so determined not to have his girlfriend get an abortion. When you wrote that, "Her boyfriend, who is also 17 years old, remained by her side the whole time. In fact, he did not even mention the possibility of abortion to her, and when she finally brought it up as something she would prefer not to do, he agreed 100 percent," it really made me think about how certain stereotypes that we get used to about people are not always true. I think that after reading your post I will be less judgemental towards people in general, but especially pregnant teenagers and their boyfriends.
Jim Harker said...
In my opinion, you have certainly done an excellent job portraying your mother's experience through those rough nine months in our lives! In all seriousness, however, I believe that you most thought-provoking line was, "I also think that the situation of my mother's pregnancy fits in perfectly with my idea that the best time to have children is 25 to 35, because after 25 many people are responsible enough to handle it, but if you wait too long your child won't have grandparents for long." Although I believe that this kind of statement really only applies to certain people, it was a very interesting idea to throw in and your justification for not having children after age 35 also caught my interest. One suggestion I might have made was to add a little more detail on the specifics of the notes that your father (myself) took while your mother was in the hospital. Overall, (from my perspective that is) this post is solid work.
- I was inspired by the amount of interesting ideas that I had not previously thought about that you were able to fit into this post. For instance, the way you describe your mothers reasons for having a child was largely based on cultural practices was very eye-opening for me. However, your most thought provoking line in my opinion was, "At first I felt bad for her, but I learned from her that having a baby at a young age isn't a 'mistake.' At least she dosn't think so. Why does our culture put down teen pregnancy so much?" This sentence really made me realize that so many people in our society look down on teen pregnancy, and yet usually don't provide any legitimate reasoning or evidence for their opinions. Great job!
Ben H said...
- I really liked your decision to choose three women who had experienced the processes of pregnancy and giving birth in order to gain multiple perspectives on a similar situation. One of your lines that was most interesting to me was, "So she believed that having children would be the best option, and another thing she mentioned was that she didn’t want to have kids too young and she didn’t want to have them when she was too old so then was the perfect time to have children." One of the reasons this caught my eye is because I have a similar belief, and also because it sparks questions such as, "Statistically speaking, what are the best ages to have a child?" Your post certainly got me thinking about even more aspects of pregnancy and birth, great job!
To Ben:
ReplyDeleteI think you did a good job expla,ing your mothers birth experiance and aswell describing how your father felt through the pregnacey. What caught my attention was when you explaing that your father took notes.during the whole thing and they took birthing classes."Througout a large part of the nine month period, my father took notes during my mother's pregnancy as well as in the classes they took on the Bradley method" From this shows that your parents, were on the same level of thinking on having a child and becoming prepared. This also made think about how much pregancey goes well when two people are involved and not just the women dealing with the whole thing. This is probably why your mother felt fine through your birth. I think something that could have been cool if you could have recored your mom talking and your dad. or took a picture of the notes he took. Overall this was a great post.