Personal Narrative: My Interview With My Mother
My mom has always been my biggest inspiration and throughout the years, I’ve learned a lot about what her life was like before and after I came into the picture. However, I’ve never thought to ask her about what her actual experience of bringing me into this world was like. Consequently, I decided to conduct an interview with my mom, Jennifer Lantz, about her experience giving birth to me and then to my sister. The first question I asked Jennifer was to describe the experience of giving birth in three words. She answered by saying “breathtaking, amazing, and inspiring”. This answer really surprised me; I’ve never given birth, but to me it seems like an extremely unpleasant experience and I thought her three words would reflect that. However,
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I clarified that the first stage of birth was from when labor starts until the cervix is dilated ten centimeters before I asked questions about it in order to make sure that we were both on the same page. Jennifer couldn’t remember the exact amount of time stage one took, but she estimated about 7-8 hours in time. Then, I asked her to describe this stage physically and mentally. Physically, she said the experience was completely exhausting. However, she said what she remembers most was the mental toll is took on her. She recalls being ridden with anxiety because I was her first child and she didn’t know what to expect. However, Jennifer also remembered being incredibly excited to finally get to see me after nine months of …show more content…
Before this interview, I had never really thought about how there would be good emotions associated with giving birth, I had also just thought about how painful it must be physically and how awful that sounds to go through. However, after hearing my mom describe giving birth as “breathtaking, amazing, and inspiring”, my perspective on the entire experience of giving birth has changed. It was humbly to see that birth is really more than just the physical pain; it’s about bringing someone you already love so much into the
I clarified that the first stage of birth was from when labor starts until the cervix is dilated ten centimeters before I asked questions about it in order to make sure that we were both on the same page. Jennifer couldn’t remember the exact amount of time stage one took, but she estimated about 7-8 hours in time. Then, I asked her to describe this stage physically and mentally. Physically, she said the experience was completely exhausting. However, she said what she remembers most was the mental toll is took on her. She recalls being ridden with anxiety because I was her first child and she didn’t know what to expect. However, Jennifer also remembered being incredibly excited to finally get to see me after nine months of …show more content…
Before this interview, I had never really thought about how there would be good emotions associated with giving birth, I had also just thought about how painful it must be physically and how awful that sounds to go through. However, after hearing my mom describe giving birth as “breathtaking, amazing, and inspiring”, my perspective on the entire experience of giving birth has changed. It was humbly to see that birth is really more than just the physical pain; it’s about bringing someone you already love so much into the