READING: The Benefit of Midwifery

THE BENEFIT OF MIDWIFERY

Midwifery benefits pregnant women in several ways. Midwives encourage women to actively participate in health care decision. They teach women how to best care for themselves trough proper nutrition and exercise, giving women greater control over their pregnancies and birth experiences. Many women find this level of participation satisfying.

Although most midwife-attended births take a place in hospitals, midwives may also less in clinical setting such as home or homelike, out-of-hospital birth center. This nonthreatening, comfortable atmosphere often helps a woman in labor feel more at easy and more in control of the birth process. In general midwives do not use invasive technology like obstetrical forceps in providing care during labor and birth. Minimizing the used of costly and sometimes painful medical tests and treatments appeals to many women.

During labor and birth, all of the midwife’s effort focuses on helping the women deliver her child with confidence. The midwife carefully monitors the mother’s blood pressure, pulse rate and dehydration levels, and the unborn child’s heart rate. Midwife-nurse are trained recognize prevent problem before they occur. In cases involving unexpected complications or emergency, most midwife arrangements with Physician to ensure that medical help is immediately available.

Midwives generally accept patient at low risk for complication during pregnancy and labor. The screen potential client for conditions such as high blood pressure, diabetes, and a history of multiple births. Studies show that nurse-midwife care compares favorably to care provided by a Physician for low-risk pregnancy.

                    Source: (http://ekanurmalanur.blogspot.com/2011/06/e-s-p.html)

A.   List Of Vocabularies :

         Pregnant : hamil

         Nutrition :nutrisi / gizi

         Hospital :rumahsakit

         Threatening :mengancam

         Treatment : pengobatan

         Labor :kesakitan / kesulitan

         Birth :kelahiran

         Blood : darah

         Emergency : keadaan darurat

         Blood pressure : tekanan darah

         Pulse: urat nadi

B.                 Answer the question based on the text above!

1.      What is the topic of the text above?

2.      What are the benefits of midwifery for pregnant woman?

3.      What is the midwife’s effort of birth?

4.      Mention the screen potential client of conditions?

5.      What do you think about midwifery?

C.                 Classification which is a noun, verb, adjective and adverb based on the Text above!

Noun	Verb	adjective	Adverb

D.       Article: A, An, The

      A or An can precede only singular count nounts; they mean one. They can be used in a general statement or to introduce  a subject which has not been previously mentioned.

A baseball is round.                     (general-means all basebals)

I saw a boy in the street.              (we don’t know which boy)

An is used before words that begin with a vowel sound. A is used before words that begin with a consonant sound.

For example: a book, an apple

Some words can be confusing because the spelling does not indicate the pronunciation.

A house                (begins with a consonant sound)

An hour                (begins with a vowel sound)

A university         (begins with a consonant sound)

An umbrella         (begins with a vowel sound)

      The   

The is used to indicate something that we already know about something that is common knowledge.

The boy in the corner is my friend.

(the speaker and the listener know which boy)

The earth is round.

(there is only one earth)

In the following sentence supply the articles (a, an. Or the) if they are necessary. If no article is necessary, leave the space blank.

1.      Jusman’s father bought him … bicycle that he had wanted for his birthday.

2.      … Statue of liberty was a gift of friendship from … France to … Unite state.

3.      Mila is studying … English and … Math in her teacher’s home.

4.      My … car is four years old, and it still runs well.

5.      David attended … Princeton University. 

E.       Finds the Article (a, an, and the) based on the text!