Possible STD-Chapter 7

Having a STD would be a scary situation but people need to understand that not knowing for sure and prolonging the diagnoses would be even more frightening. If I had a friend or loved one that thought that they might have a sexually transmitted disease I would strongly encourage them to be tested. I would explain to them that it is nothing to be ashamed of, it happens to a lot of people. This loved one or friend must understand that prolonging the unknown is not the way to handle it. Knowing for sure if you have a disease is much better than wondering and worrying about it all the time and in some cases there may be medication that will help with the symptoms. If it would make them feel better I would go with them to be tested. I would do everything that I could to educate them on the different diseases and just let them know that I am here for them whatever the case may be.

Chapter 6-Prenatal Testing

I have mixed emotions about prenatal testing. I think that the routine tests that involve the normal blood and urine tests are fine just to confirm that the baby and mother are progressing. These are the tests that can help the pregnancy and keep both mother and baby safe.

As for the Down syndrome testing and other tests that are used to determine defects in the baby, I have reservations against those tests. Amniocentesis is one of the methods used to test for Downs and other fetal abnormalities. The reason that I personally chose not to partake in this testing was simply because even if they did find something I would not choose terminate the pregnancy. The testing can also in some cases cause a miscarriage.

I know that everyone has their own thoughts and concerns regarding prenatal testing. You have to do what works best for you. Some people are at higher risks than others. I personally am a person that has a lot of faith in God so I just laid it all over to him. Thankfully I had a loving health boy with 2 arms, legs and hands, 10 fingers and toes.

Chapter 5-Reproduction

To have or not to have that is the question!

This was never really a question for me. I have known since I was a little girl playing with dolls that I would like to have a child someday. Now that I have a son, he is the light of my life and I could not imagine life without him now. He is 16 months old and everyone is pressuring for another baby. I however am not sure that I am so convinced. I am not sure that I want another baby. I myself did grow up with an older brother and love it and hated it at times but overall I think that it is good to have siblings (that is another subject all together).

I do work in a large corporation where many of the women have chosen to not reproduce. This is largely in part to the fact that they are more career oriented. This is fine for them but I am just working to live not living to work. They are also a handful of women that would have liked to have children but are not able for one reason or another. This could go into all the different reasons why they did not have children but some of the reasons are very personal and lots of women do not like to talk about it because they feel somehow that it is flaw within them. This is not true at all but the few that I have talked to feel this way—it is very disheartening.
This just goes to show you that children truly are a blessing and a miracle

Blog 3- Week 3- Sexual Health

Going through menarche or getting my first menstrual cycle---This is a tough one. I think that over all it was a positive experience just simply because I was a really late bloomer and my family was beginning to worry if it was ever going to happen.

Looking back it was also really scary and painful. For a long time it was a running joke in my house and through a lot of my high school that I had a boob job. This was because when I left school for my sophomore summer my chest was as flat as a desk top. Then I bloomed that summer and when I came back for my junior year I was literally a whole new person-if you know what I mean.

I think that girls these days are already growing up way too fast. You have heard that saying “My daughter is 12 going on 21.” I truly believe that so many girls want to be older than they are. I do not have a daughter yet and am not sure if I every will but if I do I think that I as a mother will fear my daughters menarche.