Similarities Between More Business Of Being Born By Lake And Epstein

In episode three in the series More Business of Being Born by Lake & Epstein (2011), one of the doctors interviewed argues “The caesarian rate went from 5% in the late seventy’s to over 30% in the mid ninety’s…That’s crazy!”. When I first heard this statement I was very confused to say the least. I did not understand why the doctor felt that the increased rate of caesarian sections over the years was crazy. Previously, I had thought a caesarian section was a beneficial advancement in childbirth procedures. I had believed that they were safer for both the mother and the baby. I personally was delivered by C-section, so hearing this spiked my interests even more. The series provides a different perspective on caesarian sections and gives

Trawick-Smith (2014) argues “Modern technology has given rise to a set of standard medical procedures used frequently in hospital births in Western Societies” (pg. 89). One of these standard medical procedures is the caesarian section. The caesarian section is a process where the newborn is removed surgically, an incision is made in the abdomen and the baby is removed from the uterus (Trawick-Smith, 2014, pg. 89). Throughout the years the caesarian section has become increasingly popular. The film argues that hospitals have different motives when it comes to the delivery of newborns. They believe that obstetricians, in some cases, have never seen a natural childbirth and are extremely unprepared to perform one (Lake & Epstein, 2011). They also feel that hospitals are businesses that rely on high turnover, which means they benefit greatly on how fast they can fill and empty their beds (Lake & Epstein, 2011). Caesarian sections increase the probability of having a high turnover rate in hospitals because they shorten the time of

I thought it would be interesting to analyze my own delivery story. My mother had a very unique pregnancy. I’ve had the amazing privilege of being a paternal twin. I have a twin brother, Carlos Castellano. After a month into finding out she was pregnant, she started to feel a pain on her right side. She decided to visit the doctor immediately. They told her she was most likely having a miscarriage. She became very saddened with the news. The doctor came in and told her she was going to do an internal ultrasound to confirm that she was having a miscarriage. When the doctor began doing the ultrasound she found something very interesting. On the monitor my mom saw movement on one end, and movement on the other end. The doctor told my mother, “Frances, those are heartbeats!” She told her, “You are having twins”. She was shocked and couldn’t believe it. The doctor told her the pain on her side was due to growing pains, her uterus had two babies and it was starting to