Sunday, February 22, 2009

break homework:looking at videos

Thoughts on video:
1.Giraffe giving birth: my thoughts on the giraffe giving birth is that I thought it was cool that they treat them some what like how they treat humans when we are in birth. They have a birth mother with them, and they make a comforting floor for the baby and even a separate special room for birth. For some reason I even feel as if their birth seems calmer and more relaxing then human birth. You don’t see the giraffe screaming or people crowding around her, she just walks around waiting for it to push out. Another thing that I found fascinating was when the baby was able to walk within the first half hour!
2. Dolphin giving birth: my thought on the dolphin giving birth wasn’t anything exciting. You just see her swimming around and then after a bit the baby dolphin pops out with some blood. One thing that I thought was cool was how the baby was automatically able to swim without any instruction or even seeing her mother swim to get an idea. It just happened instantly!
3: natural birth at home: the first thing I noticed was that she was in a different position then usual, and that in another scene she was hugging her husband while giving birth. I thought that that looking more comforting rather then spreading your legs out in front of everyone. The thing that I found extremely weird was that when she was sitting down with her legs open and the head started showing, a child [maybe her child] was talking and saying they see a head. That means that she let her kids watch her giving birth, that was really weird to see because I don’t think a child should watch that. Another thing I noticed was the birth mother constantly being there for her massaging her muscles, etc. it looked relaxing. When I compare the dolphin and the giraffe to the human baby, the one thing I notice is that the animal babies automatically adapt to their bodies by walking and moving instantly while a human baby takes a while to walk and talk etc.

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