Title: Water Birth
Author: American Pregnancy Association
Date Published: 01/2013
Why Relevant and Summary: This page shows the benefits to water birth over traditional vaginal birth outside of water, giving tips on how to prepare for a water birth, and those it would not work well for.
How This Influenced My Thinking: I was unaware of all of the benefits of water births.
Credibility of Source: 8; sources are cited at the base of article
Title: Water Births
Author: American Pregnancy Association
Date Published: 01/2013-Last Revised
Why Relevant and Summary: It gives a good overview to the benefits and drawbacks to water birth.
How This Influenced My Thinking: It influences me further in my belief that a water birth is the choice for me.
Credibility of Source: Yes, the references listed at the bottom of this short overview, that were used to compile the information that was provided here, are credible sources.
Title: Water birth information
Author: Waterbirth International
Date Published: 01/2013
Why Relevant and Summary: I talk about water birth in my paper. This site gives reference to the positives of water births and just talks about the wonderful experience that one would look forward to if this was the method of their choice.
How This Influenced My Thinking: Influences my thinking because it helped me to understand the water birth aspect and that hospital births are not the only way to give birth.
Credibility of Source: It's a Waterbirth International website with information about doula's and midwives.
Title:Birthing types
Author:Unknown
Date Published:NDA
Why Relevant and Summary:This is a clear description of different birthing choices and how they will work. It explains what happens step by step to provide a detailed account.
How This Influenced My Thinking:I never considered water birth or a midwife and it has opened my mind to these possibilities.
Credibility of Source:Failrly credible
Title:Parenting Styles in a Cultural Context:
Observations of ''Protective Parenting'' in
First-Generation Latinos
Author:Rodriguez, m. et al
Date Published:2009
Why Relevant and Summary:Looks at latino parenting stlyes through the lense of Baumrind's styles and concepts
How This Influenced My Thinking: It made me realize that certain cutures like the latin american culture might have trouble using Baumrind's concepts might not hold water in other cultures because they have a diferent interpretation and measurement of responsiveness and demandingness.
Credibility of Source:High licensed psychologists
Title:12 Ways to Give Birth
Author:BabyZone Editors
Date: nd
Why relevant and summary: this website gives the reader 12 different ways of childbirth and briefly summarizes them. Although its helpful when deciding on what types of childbirths to use it does not go into too much detail about each of the methods.
Title: 12 ways to give birth
Why relevant and summary: This website discusses 12 different way to give child birth and what is involved with each of these ways. It is relevant to "child birth and culture" because it goes over different methods of birth that not only American cultures use, but other cultures as well. There is a lot of interesting information that is provided in the website and it's also very insightful.
author: Baby zone editors
Date published: ND
How this influenced my thinking: This article really opened my eyes to various types of child birth and the pros and cons that each one has. I had never really considered any other type of birth besides medicated birth in a hospital, but it was very interesting to read about the benefits of water birth.
Credibility of source: The source seems to be credible. It was written by the editors of Disney.