• Edwards, N. P. (2005). Birthing Autonomy. Abingdon: Routledge.
Birthing Autonomy is a book written by Nadine Edwards which focusses on how women decide where to birth, what their experiences were with home birth and the pros and cons of homebirth in both a physical and spiritual sense. Edwards worked with AIMS (Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services) from 1980 to 2017, is a research associate at the University of Sheffield and takes interest in maternity issues which she continues to lecture and write about. She has written many articles on safety and risk, informed choice, research methods and the relationship between women and midwives. Throughout the text, Edwards keeps an unbiased viewpoint when writing about contentious …show more content…
The trails took place in both women’s homes and hospitals and the result of these trials showed that mothers who bed shared were more likely to breastfeed their babies for longer periods, get more sleep at night, be more aware of their babies breastfeeding cues and be more likely to have later weening. The article also conveys results that show breastfed babies have half the risk of SIDS than non-breastfed babies. Professor Ball creates a source of well researched information in this article including scholarly research such as the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Her clear style of writing is ideal for mothers, midwives and students to gain sound insight into research regarding bedsharing with an …show more content…
She is Programme Leader for the Maternal and Child Health programme at the University of the West of Scotland. Pollard completed a doctorate in education, focussing on how student midwives gain knowledge about breastfeeding and her main interests are in breastfeeding, education, supervision of midwives and normal childbirth. Furthermore, the book is only five years old and many up to date references are used to give timely research information and statistic, giving the book credibility and
Birthing Autonomy is a book written by Nadine Edwards which focusses on how women decide where to birth, what their experiences were with home birth and the pros and cons of homebirth in both a physical and spiritual sense. Edwards worked with AIMS (Association for Improvements in the Maternity Services) from 1980 to 2017, is a research associate at the University of Sheffield and takes interest in maternity issues which she continues to lecture and write about. She has written many articles on safety and risk, informed choice, research methods and the relationship between women and midwives. Throughout the text, Edwards keeps an unbiased viewpoint when writing about contentious …show more content…
The trails took place in both women’s homes and hospitals and the result of these trials showed that mothers who bed shared were more likely to breastfeed their babies for longer periods, get more sleep at night, be more aware of their babies breastfeeding cues and be more likely to have later weening. The article also conveys results that show breastfed babies have half the risk of SIDS than non-breastfed babies. Professor Ball creates a source of well researched information in this article including scholarly research such as the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Her clear style of writing is ideal for mothers, midwives and students to gain sound insight into research regarding bedsharing with an …show more content…
She is Programme Leader for the Maternal and Child Health programme at the University of the West of Scotland. Pollard completed a doctorate in education, focussing on how student midwives gain knowledge about breastfeeding and her main interests are in breastfeeding, education, supervision of midwives and normal childbirth. Furthermore, the book is only five years old and many up to date references are used to give timely research information and statistic, giving the book credibility and