READING : Childbirth

Childbirth is the process whereby an infant is born. It is considered to be the beginning of the infant's life, and age is defined relative to this event in most cultures.
A woman is considered to be in labour when she begins experiencing regular uterine contractions, accompanied by changes of her cervix – primarily effacement and dilation. While childbirth is widely experienced as painful, some women do report painless labours, while others find that concentrating on the birth helps to quicken labour and lessen the sensations. Most births are successful vaginal births, but sometimes complications arise and a woman may undergo a cesarean section.
During the time immediately after birth, both the mother and the baby are hormonally cued to bond, the mother through the release of oxytocin, a hormone also released during breastfeeding. Studies show that skin-to-skin contact between a mother and her newborn immediately after birth is beneficial for both mother and baby. A review done by the World Health Organization found that skin-to-skin contact between mothers and babies after birth reduces crying, improves mother-infant interaction, and helps mothers to breastfeed successfully. They recommend that neonates be allowed to bond with the mother during their first two hours after birth, the period that they tend to be more alert than in the following hours of early life.




A.    List Of Vocabularies

     Childbirth : melahirkan
     Infant : bayi / orok
     Labour : persalinan
     Uterine : rahim
     Cervix : leher rahim
     Dilation : pembesaran
     Vaginal birth : tempat keluarnya bayi
     Undergo : menjalani
     Cesarean : pembedahan perut
     Breastfeed : menyusui

B.    Answer the question based on the text above!

1.    What is exactly the defenition of childbirth?
2.    When does woman say labour?
3.    Why did woman do caesarean birth?
4.    What happen after birth according to the text above?
5.    WHO find that ….

C.    Tenses

•   Past continuous tense

Untuk menyatakan peristiwa, kegiatan atau tindakan yang sedang terjadi di masa lampau.
Pola Kalimat :
(+) S+was/were+ V1-ing
I was working hard all day yesterday
(-) S+ was/were not +V1-ing
She was not walking last night
(?) Was/were + S+V1-ing
Was she walking ?

D.    Practice making sentence using past continuous tense!