Childbirth in your life and around the world

My experience;

With my youngest son, my water slowly leaked while I was 2 hours away from home. I was in D.C. with my oldest child on a appointment when I felt wet. Of course I thought maybe I used the bathroom on my self but when I got to the restroom I noticed it wasn't me using the bathroom on myself. So I drove myself from D.C. to VA to have my son. He was three weeks early with no warning or contractions he came 10 hours later.  I did request a epidural but the way it was put in left me in pain and for the first 3 months of my son's life I had extreme back pain. The impact this has on child development is knowing what can stress you and your child out during the birthing process.


Around the World;

I choose the Dominican Republic to research the birth process in that country, The rate of caesarean in that country is 31.3% the reason behind it is its quicker, and the Doctor gets paid more to perform a caesarean than a vaginal birth. They also hold a high death rate of mother's who may bleed to death due to overcrowding hospitals due to undocumented Hatian's. Its sad that this country can't have more help when it comes to overcrowding of the hospital, also no way to make sure women are getting good prenatal care.

Ending of a great semster

As we come to the end of this class, I take away a lot of useful references and guides to use in the future of my career. I'm very thankful for what I have learned from Dr. Dartt and my fellow classmates.

Examining Codes of Ethics

This week we learned about the Code of Ethics for Early Childhood, below are some that are meaningful to me.


We shall demonstrate our respect and concern for children, families, colleagues, and others with whom we work, honoring their beliefs, values, customs, languages, and culture.

This code is very meaningful to me because we all come from different backgrounds, but we come together to help each other when it comes to helping children.


We shall empower families with information and resources so that they are informed consumers of services for their children.

This is a great code so we can better inform parents of services that can benefit them and their children.



We shall use every resource, including referral when appropriate, to ensure high quality services are accessible and are provided to children and families.

This code is so true why would we provide referrals if it wasn't the correct approach? We must always make sure when trying to refer a parent to services that we are giving them the best option and service to benefit them.

The Division for Early Childhood. (2000, August). Code of ethics. Retrieved May 26, 2010, fromhttp://www.dec-sped.org/