• Busting Birth Myths with Pregnancy and Birth Expert, Dr. Stuart Fischbein

  • Oct 21 2024
  • Length: 1 hr and 8 mins
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Busting Birth Myths with Pregnancy and Birth Expert, Dr. Stuart Fischbein

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  • Dr. Stuart Fischbein is a community-based obstetrician and an Associate of the American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology. He is the author of the book “Fearless Pregnancy, Wisdom & Reassurance from a Doctor, A Midwife and A Mom” and peer-reviewed papers Homebirth with an Obstetrician, A Series of 135 Out of Hospital Births and Breech Birth at Home: outcomes of 60 breech and 109 cephalic planned home and birth center births. Dr. Stu is also the co-author of a pre-print Twin Homebirth paper. After completing his residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA, Dr. Stu spent 24 years assisting women with hospital birthing and, for the next 12+ years, was a homebirth obstetrician who worked directly with midwives. Since retiring from attending home births in 2022, Dr. Stu has turned his focus to traveling around the world as a lecturer and advocate for reteaching breech & twin birth skills, respect for the normalcy of birth and honoring informed consent. He hosts a weekly podcast with co-host Blyss Young and together they offer hope, reassurance and safe, honest evidence-supported choices for those women who understand pregnancy is a normal bodily function not to be feared.

    In this episode, we explore:
    -What got Dr. Stu started in medicine and why he chose obstetrics
    -How to help shift the medical model's hierarchical power dynamics to be more focused on moms
    -C-section rates and mother/infant outcomes compared to 50 years ago
    -What led Dr. Stu into the midwifery model of care and what prompted him to start supporting home births
    -Why the term "standard of care" is misleading
    -Where is the line between high and low risk, and how does Dr. Stu define high risk
    -Statistics of VBAC uterine rupture
    -Advice for families deciding where to give birth
    Follow him on Instagram @birthinginstincts. His websites are www.birthinginstincts.com & www.birthinginstinctspodcast.com
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