Title:Childbirth Options: What's the Best?
Author: Brenda Conway
Date Published: N.D.
Why Relevant and Summary: This is a great article explaining the many different birthing options. It also gives pros and cons of each.
How this influenced my thinking: I didn't realize there were so many options available with a hospital birth.
Credibility of Source: The article was from Web M.D. so i think it is very credible.
Title: Birthing Options
Author: Woman's Health
Date Published: 2013
Why Relevant and Summary: The Reason why this is relevant is because it has several different birthing options. It talks about pregnancy, things to consider, possible locations for birth, and methods for birth.
How This Influenced My Thinking: I hadn't realized how many different birth methods there were.
Credibility of Source: It seems credible, the article is very informative and the website has a lot information on women's health
Title: Should I Get A Divorce?
Author: Amy Desai
Date Published: 2006-2007
Why Relevant and Summary: This article give the viewpoint from a Christian worldview, in which options other than divorce are evaluated. It warns of the long-lasting effects an emotional judgment may not take the time to contemplate.
How This Influenced My Thinking: This whole Focus on the Family site has great resources and ideas for those in marital distress.
Credibility of Source: 6- Expert in the field but not clear citing of resources.
Title: Baby Delight
Author: unknown
Date Published: 2013
Why Relevant & Summary: Upon studying the benefits but potential dangers of cosleeping, I was interested in how I could find a safe way to cosleep with my baby that would give me a feeling of safety but also the closeness I'd like to have with my baby. This product is simple, there are two different models, but basically allow baby the safety of sleeping with mom and dad while being close.
How This Influenced My Thinking: Knowing the potential dangers of cosleeping, I would encourage friends and family to consider this option for their baby, and for myself in the future.
Credibility of Source: Great Product for Cosleeping safely
Title: Cosleeping and Your Baby
Author:Yamini Durani
Date Published: October 2011
Why Relevant and Summary: It was extremely relevant because it had the pros for cosleeping, it had the arguments against cosleeping, it had facts/statistics about it, and ultimately was very clear and informative about the practice as a whole.
How This Influenced My Thinking: It was very clear and made me smarter on the topic.
Credibility of Source: The cite seems legit! You should take a look!
Title: Cosleeping and your Baby
Author:Y. Durani, MD
Date Published:October 2011
Why Relevant and Summary: It helped me get a better understanding of cosleeping. It gave more detailed information about what are some of the benefits as well as the risks of cosleeping, and offered options to help transition children onto their own.
How This Influenced My Thinking: This helped me decide that when I have children I wouldn't want to co sleep with my baby, but I would have the baby at my bedside instead where I can still have it near me which can help prevent SIDS.
Credibility of Source: KidsHealth from Nemours
Title: Cosleeping and Your Baby
Author: Yamini Durani
Date Published: October 2011
Why Relevant and Summary: Talks about pros and cons of cosleeping, as well as some possible concerns of parents and gives tips to ensure safe cosleeping practices.
How This Influenced My Thinking: Shared some concerns of cosleeping that I hadn't thought of before
Credibility of Source: very credible, reviewed by MD and is a pretty recent article
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Author: Yamini Durani
Date Published: October, 2011
Why Relevant and Summary: Explains reasons for cosleeping, how it is safe, addresses SIDS, how to safely cosleep, and how to help your child make the transition from cosleeping to sleeping on its own.
How This Influenced My Thinking: I was never aware of cosleeping, at least to the extent with which it can occur. I was educated on the risks of cosleeping, which I never knew were possible. I was also introduced to SIDs.
Credibility of Source: Source written by a doctor.
Title: Fit over 50 - Abdominal exercises
Author: No author
Date Published: 2009
Why Relevant and Summary: A good you tube video showing core exercises that would work well for people over 50. Emphasis on what is safe and other options if you can't do what they show you
How This Influenced My Thinking: made me think about ways to adapt exercises for older people
Credibility of Source: ok, no credentials shown, but good information.
Title: The Developmental Stages of Erik Erikson
Author: Arlene F. Harder
Date Published: 2012
Why Relevant and Summary: This was relevant because it discussed all of Erikson's stages in a short detail manner.
How This Influenced My Thinking: It helped me get a better understanding of what went on in each stage of our life, including middle adulthood.
Credibility of Source: Seems credible
Title: Teen Pregnancy Statistics
Author: No Author
Date Published: 2013
Why relevant and summary: These statistics are very astonishing. It gives statistics of teenage pregnancies, sexual intercourse, marriage.
How it affected my thinking: These statistics blew me away. I honestly though there were not that many teenagers having sex at an early age, I thought many teenagers had their first intercourse when they were at least 17 years old, but according to the statistics there are teenagers whom are having intercourse at the young age of 12 and 3.
Credibility: seems credible since its from a teen website.
Title: Home birth: Know the pros and cons
Author: Mayo Clinic Staff
Date Published: 2011
Why relevant and summary: One of the birth options that I talked about was a homebirth. This article talked about why women choose to have homebirths, the cases where it would not be recommended and how to prepare for a homebirth
How it influenced my thinking: It didn't change my thinking, but it was a good reference and confirmed some of the things that I said.
Title: Breastfeeding
Author: Doug Cope
Date Published: 1/19/2013
Why Relevant and Summary: Great one minute talk about the benefits of breastfeeding, and alternative options. In a study from the Center for Disease and Control, 1,500 women were surveyed their plans for exclusive breastfeeding after birth of their incoming child, 85% of the women stated they planned to exclusively breastfeed, while only 32% of those moms actually were able to after birth, "..and that just shows that we're not supporting mothers to be able to feed their babies in ways they'd like". American Academy of Pediatrics and the World Health Organization recommend that women breastfeed exclusively for the first six months of babies lives due to the health benefits. Infants that are breastfed have reduced risk of ear infections, gastrointestinal infections, diabetes and sudden infant death syndrome. Mothers who breastfeed have reduced risk of breast and ovarian cancer. In order to improve the breastfeeding rate, it is important that in the first days of an infant's life s/he can stay with their mother for the first 24 hours of life in the hospital to receive exclusively breast milk.
How This Influenced My Thinking: I learned about the benefits of breastfeeding, and the large impact it has on babies' development.
Credibility of Source: Very credible.