The Importance of being informed

Accurate knowledge is a very important thing to be aware of, especially when one’s body is undergoing the brunt of pregnancy. Being able to successfully care for yourself and the developing human inside will forever maintain relevance in human society. This is the only way humanity can grow in numbers, by healthily undergoing this process and raising the result of it. It is also important to care for the mothers, postpartum depression, birth complications, and other maladies can affect women who just gave birth. This branch of health seems very complicated to many, and few people know accurate information about it. The app presented by the group of Expecting 101 seeks to be this reliable source of information. Many myths are common in people’s perception of pregnancy, everyone has their own old wife’s tales in relation to this matter. I feel that it is important to be able to know better than that. To go beyond and question the information initially provided. Myths like alcohol consumption during pregnancy (which is not recommended by any medical governing body and should be avoided under any circumstance), or how important flu shots are during pregnancy (they are very important), and many other myths that are commonly held by people. This app would then be the solution to this lack of knowledge, and would prove beneficial to many different people from diverse backgrounds. It is also quite common for men to not be aware of valuable information about pregnancy. Which isn’t new information, men are commonly ignorant of several biological processes experienced by women. Mostly because we never have to experience them, leading to less interest in the matter, which frankly should not be the case. And while the app cannot completely mediate the issue, it gives lots of useful information. The app’s helpful information is not limited to the knowledge it can directly give, but also can direct people to professionals who dedicate their careers to this field. Ultimately giving the most accurate diagnosis in relations to each individual case. The group behind the app offered a good presentation, with each group member being enthused about the topic of their project. Which was helpful to the point they were trying to make. This information should not be restricted to the usual format for this information (boring presentations with people uninterested in the topic) but with people who see importance in relaying knowledge in an entertaining way.