I don’t have a birthing experience of my own to share but I can remember my older sister when she gave birth to my nephew. He was born at 23 weeks and was not expected to live. After one heart surgery and four months on a breathing machine he was released and able to come home. He has had a successful development and has no problems at all. As he was in the doctor the nurses were so nice to my sister and explained everything to her making sure that she understood every step. He is now an eight year old full of energy. He did have a multidirectional growth. When he first came home he was in and out the hospital. He would be doing very well and then begin to fail all of the sudden.
As I research prenatal care in Brazil and South Africa, I was shocked to find out that both are multiracial society with a history of race related legislation that could affect medical care utilization. Researchers suggest that although state-sanctioned racism may help to explain the greater racial inequality in stunting in South Africa than in Brazil, reducing the disadvantage for non-Whites in South Africa and Brazil will depend on reducing fundamental inequalities in the distribution of socioeconomic resources and medical services that characterize many nations.(Burgard Sarah.2004)
References: Burgard, Sarah. 2004. "Race and Pregnancy-Related Care in Brazil and South Africa." Social Science and Medicine, 59(6): 1127-1146.
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