Video Reflection

Childbirth is known as one of the most "amazing" things in the world. When watching videos of animal birth and then looking at childbirth, we can see some significant difference. While watching the dolphin and giraffe birth, there are some similarities. In both animal births, it looks easy and painless.
The giraffe gives birth by walking around her "cage" and the baby just slowly but surely literally falls out. In this birthing process, there is no human intervention what so ever. The people witnessing the birth stand back and watch even if they are doctors because they want to give the animal space and not scare them. The giraffe also has another giraffe close by to help comfort her and make her feel safe almost like a midwife.
While the dolphin was giving birth, it was almost the same as the giraffe. The dolphin swam around its tank until the baby was born. Humans did not intervene and the dolphin was able to birth her baby without any interruption. In both animal situations, the baby is born and is in a sense independent. The giraffe baby can walk and the dolphin baby can swim by itself and they don't really need the mother to help it. Yet the mother, in both cases, stays close by the baby to make sure it is safe while at the same time letting them be independent.
During the actual child birth, the mother is in extreme pain and we can see and hear this. When the baby is born, it is not able to "fend for itself." The mother is also sometimes not able to hold her baby first unlike the animals that are allowed to clean their baby and help it. The mother in the C-section is in someways like the animals in the sense that she can supposedly not feel anything and the baby in a sense just "pops right out." In a human birth, there is a lot of intervention from other people which is good and bad. The mother can rely on a doctor and have someone "experienced" talk her through things, but at the same time, she can feel a little intimidated.
In all three births, it is common that a loved one or a "creature" that is close to the mother is around to keep the mother "calm" and reassure her things will be okay. It seems to me that in every culture and species, loved ones being present are important to keep the mother calm and also for the babies sake. Also in all the births, it seems that in some ways the mother doesn't want to let her baby go. The animal mothers stay close to their baby and try and clean them and make sure their okay and the human mother wants to be the first to see her baby and wants a chance to hold her baby.
I feel that all births are the same in the sense that it is important, "sacred," scary, happy and a thing that all loved ones should be present for. No matter what species or culture there are things that run the same and these things, i feel, are extremely important to have during a birth.