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Article Selection
Please list articles that you're considering for your Wikipedia assignment below. Begin to critique these articles and find relevant sources.

Option 1

 * Article title
 * Breastfeeding promotion
 * Article Evaluation
 * The article has a primary bias in gendered language, likening to terms like woman and mother. Terms like parent or pregnant person could be more inclusive without removing any accuracy. Another thing that is important to include is information about having a non-gestational parent breastfeed. The article also evaluates the emotional support and overcoming the stigma that is required in order to properly encourage breastfeeding. This article should broaden and include experiences of other people who breastfeed and discuss the stigmas they face that are specific to their identity, particularly parents who are in a same-sex relationship with their co-parent or do not identify as a cis-woman. I wonder if it would be worth exploring the question of insurance coverage for lactation consultants or the standard price for viewers of the article to see? I want to explore rates of breastfeeding amongst LGBTQ+ families.
 * Sources
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MacLean, Lori Rebecca-Diane. “Preconception, Pregnancy, Birthing, and Lactation Needs of Transgender Men.” Nursing for Women's Health, vol. 25, no. 2, Apr. 2021, pp. 129–138., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nwh.2021.01.006.

Barriers to Breastfeeding: Supporting Initiation and Continuation of Breastfeeding: ACOG Committee Opinion, Number 821. Obstetrics & Gynecology: February 2021 - Volume 137 - Issue 2 - p e54-e62., doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000004249

Breastfeeding : New Anthropological Approaches, edited by Cecília Tomori, et al., Taylor & Francis Group, 2017. ProQuest Ebook Central, https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.proxy.lib.umich.edu/lib/umichigan/detail.action?docID=5206898.

Luxion, Kate. “LGBTQ Reproduction and Parenting.” Companion to Sexuality Studies, edited by Nancy A. Naples, Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ, 2020.

I would really appreciate feedback on my choice of sources. It was difficult to find articles from a generalized journal site unrelated to topics of obstetrics and gynecology, breastfeeding, and lactation. Thanks!

Option 2

 * Antenatal depression
 * Article Evaluation
 * Similar to my evaluation of the Wiki article on Breastfeeding promotion, this article had both a cis- and heteronormative description on perinatal depression. The article fails to mention the risk factors for antenatal depression that are specific to the experiences of pregnant transgender men such as gender dysphoria and lack of gender-inclusive pregnancy resources and gender-inclusive clinicians . Ways to subvert perinatal depression are also focused on the experiences of cis-, heterosexual women, and while they may be applicable to experiences of all pregnant persons, it does not include notable ways to subvert perinatal depression amongst LGBTQ+ pregnant persons such as cultural competency training, documentation of pronouns, and use of gender-inclusive language. The heading labeled "Male Perspective for Antenatal Depression" also excludes the experiences of lesbian mothers who undergo antenatal depression too, creating a heterosexual bias.
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MacLean, Lori Rebecca-Diane. “Preconception, Pregnancy, Birthing, and Lactation Needs of Transgender Men.” Nursing for Women's Health, vol. 25, no. 2, Apr. 2021, pp. 129–138., https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nwh.2021.01.006.

Kirubarajan, Abirami et al. “LGBTQ2S+ childbearing individuals and perinatal mental health: A systematic review.” BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology vol. 129,10 (2022): 1630-1643. doi:10.1111/1471-0528.17103

Ross, Lori E. “Perinatal mental health in lesbian mothers: a review of potential risk and protective factors.” Women & health vol. 41,3 (2005): 113-28. doi:10.1300/J013v41n03_07

Option 3

 * Miscarriage and grief
 * Article Evaluation
 * A critique for this article as with the ones past is the centering of the cis- and heteronormative experiences of miscarriage. This article does not dissect the socioeconomic considerations that are accounted for after a miscarriage and planning after pregnancy. Companion to Sexuality Studies notes how miscarriages through surrogates heightens the financial strain of a miscarriage and concern for future pregnancies as well as clinical practices unrelated to the patients' actions that can heighten the stress of a miscarriage for both the child-bearing individual and their partner(s). Other methods of procreation could be explained to further encapsulate the complexity of a miscarriage such as through donor sperm.
 * Sources
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Luxion, Kate. “LGBTQ Reproduction and Parenting.” Companion to Sexuality Studies, edited by Nancy A. Naples, Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ, 2020.

INFORMATION SHEET: LGBT Pregnancy Loss. Australian Psychology Society, https://psychology.org.au/getmedia/9ea8dd55-7c2b-4653-8371-b1f732b70b58/lgbt_pregnancy_loss.pdf.