#229 | Sara Wickham: The Risk of the Risk-Based Approach

Down to Birth

Cynthia Overgard & Trisha Ludwig

Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum, Midwives, Alternative Health, Home Birth, Society & Culture, Newborn, Documentary, Hypnobirthing, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Breastfeeding, Pregnant, Birth, Maternity, Motherhood

4.8 • 586 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Dr. Sara Wickham, PhD, MA, PGCert, BA, is a best-selling author, speaker, and researcher who works independently. She has more than twenty years' experience as a midwife; she's lectured in more than 30 countries; and, she is a researcher and author of seventeen books, and has edited three midwifery journals. She is considered a leading expert on the research and evidence around many of the most controversial topics and most difficult decisions in childbirth: Induction, newborn interventions, ...

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0:00.0	Often the difference in risk is about the same as the difference in, you know, whether you decide to
0:09.7	drive to your local shops or shopping mall over there, you have shopping malls, whether you
0:14.6	decide to decide to the shopping mall on a sunny day or if it's just raining a little bit.
0:20.7	I'm not talking about a thunderstorm.
0:22.0	I'm talking about a little bit of rain.
0:23.7	So we know that statistically, you're a bit more likely to have a car accident if it's
0:30.0	raining than if it's sunny.
0:31.8	But it doesn't stop people going to the shopping mall.
0:35.3	And I know that that might seem like a trite example compared to, you know,
0:39.8	talking about babies.
0:41.8	But actually, the reality is that it's because it is so emotionally charged,
0:47.5	that it's so easy to persuade women and families to say yes to these interventions,
0:57.0	where actually the absolute risk is low.
0:59.8	I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of hypniburthing of Connecticut, childbirth advocate, and postpartum
1:05.1	support specialist.
1:06.6	And I'm Tresha Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board certified lactation consultant.
1:12.9	And this is the Down to Birth podcast.
1:17.5	Childbirth is something we're made to do.
1:19.9	But how do we have our safest and most satisfying experience in today's medical culture?
1:24.6	Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.
1:35.5	Okay. medical culture. Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth. My name's Sarah Wickham. I've been a midwife here in the UK for about 30 years now.
1:41.7	I'm actually now a retired midwife in terms of hands-on practice,
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