The Realities of Modern Obstetrics: Dr. Stu’s Unfiltered Take

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4.4 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 27 August 2024

⏱️ 94 minutes

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With 40+ years of experience, Dr. Stu of Birthing Instincts transitioned from hospital births to home births. He advocates for informed decision-making and encouraging women to trust their instincts, seek nurturing care and providers, and prepare their bodies and minds for a healthy pregnancy. Our guest this week is Dr. Stuart James Fischbein or Dr. Stu! He has been practicing obstetrics for over 40 years. He's the co-author of the book, Fearless Pregnancy, Wisdom and Reassurance from a Doct...

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0:00.0	if you have an unnecessary scan at 36 weeks, simply because we want to check the baby's position
0:05.2	or we want to just make sure the baby, if you intuitively feel the baby's growing fine and the baby's
0:10.3	doing fine, that baby's doing fine. And if you do an ultrasound for no reason at 26 weeks,
0:18.1	you have a 22% higher chance of having a cesarean section,
0:21.7	simply because you did an ultrasound where they're going to find, oh, the baby's a little
0:25.7	on the small side, or the fluid is a little lowish.
0:33.9	Getting pregnant and giving birth are two of the most exciting things you can ever hope to experience in this life.
0:40.3	The moment you think you could be pregnant, you're frantically searching for all the best information, which is why you're here today.
0:46.3	I'm Stephanie King and with my many years of experience as a professional childbirth educator, doula and lover of all things,
0:54.3	pregnancy birth and postpartum.
0:56.2	I'm here to make preparing for your birth
0:58.1	enjoyable, empowering, and totally easy.
1:01.8	Each week, I'll cover different topics,
1:03.9	interview professionals,
1:05.1	and get into the nitty-gritty birth stories
1:07.1	from mamas just like you.
1:09.2	And when you're ready for more,
1:10.6	you can join me in the My
1:12.1	Essential Birth course at MyEessentialbirth.com, where I take you step by step through exactly
1:17.5	how to prepare your mind, body, spirit, and partner for a birth you love. So let's get started.
1:34.5	Welcome back to this week's podcast, and we have a reviewer of the week. This one is from AAL3, and she says, I can't recommend enough. Your episodes always make me feel more calm about
1:40.9	everything pregnancy related. I asked questions on our Instagram and you made another
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