First Day of Human Health Evolution and Development

Today i had my first day of class and so far it has exceeded my expectations. In the morning we talked about developmental psychology and the stages of infant, children, adolescent, and adult. We also reviewed the biological growth starting with a zygote(single cell with chromosomes from both parents). Unfortunately one of my teachers has the swine flu and might not make it the next few days. In the afternoon we watched and discussed a movie about midwives and how its typical for most women to have babies in hospitals in America, while in almost all other countries midwives are the standard. The United States spends almost twice the amount of money on a birth in a hospital than almost all other places. In addition patients are drugged with pharmaceuticals which messes with hormonal levels and ultimately compromises the birth. Almost all drugs used in births at hospitals have proven to have horrific consequences. The majority of births in hospitals occur at 4pm and 10pm when doctors want to leave therefor they induce or resort to cesarean. I can go on and on about this subject and everyone should definitely research this. It pretty incredible how science and hospitals seem so trust worthy and its true most of the time. The most natural way to give birth is to be on your feet and laying in a bed actually closes the cervix........ This class is amazing and i am learning so much!