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Birthing Instincts

#371 The Ever Changing Definitions Of Fetal Growth Restriction

Birthing Instincts

Dr. Stuart Fischbein + Midwife Blyss Young

Parenting, Kids & Family, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.5631 Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

Responding to listener questions we address the question of “What is IUGR?” Before we get there Blyss waits on a birth and listens to Dr. Stu’s concerns about entropy winning and way too much idiocy, fear and hyperbole being shoveled around out there.

We discuss critical women's health topics, questioning the necessity of C-sections for lupus patients, and exploring the potential toxicity of the glucose drink used for gestational diabetes testing. Our conversation highlights the pressing need for balanced, evidence-based discourse surrounding pregnancy and birth.

We delve into the complexities of Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR), examining the arbitrary nature of the 10% percentile threshold and the potential for over-testing and unnecessary interventions. Featuring listener emails and real-life examples, we advocate for less intrusive, more supportive care, emphasizing the importance of individualized care versus standardized medical models.

Key highlights:

  • Lupus and Pregnancy
  • Championing Birth Choices and Advocacy
  • Questioning Vaccine Recommendations and Ethics
  • Defining and Understanding Fetal Growth Restriction Parameters
  • Evaluating Growth Restriction Diagnosis and Surveillance
  • Questioning Routine Pregnancy Interventions

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0:00.0

Welcome to the Burling Instincts Podcast.

0:05.0

I'm Dr. Stewart Fishbein, community-based practicing obstetrician and longtime advocate for birth choices.

0:10.0

And I'm Bliss Young, a licensed midwife.

0:13.0

Join us in our conversational style podcast where we talk about everything birth.

0:17.0

Sometimes we laugh, sometimes we cry, but we're happy that you're here. So here we go.

0:26.6

La la la, da da.

0:31.5

That's not the sound he was making before he pushed record, by the way.

0:35.4

He must really love you guys.

0:38.2

I do.

0:39.6

I look forward to this every Wednesday.

0:43.2

I look forward to hearing from all of our listeners about previous episodes.

0:49.0

And maybe I'll just start right off there before we get into what you're up to and stuff.

0:52.6

I just want to give a shout

0:54.2

out to um the rogue therapist episode i that was received so well by so many of you about fathers

1:03.7

and partners um it was a really different take than a lot of you expected when some of you expected it to be like the father bashing thing that happens most of the time in in the birth world. And that's not what it was. And so we thank you. And it is one of our most listened to episodes in a long time. So I'm really happy that I got shared as much.

1:28.5

Ben Lynch's episode obviously got shared a lot too.

1:31.3

And this week's is Rachel Reed.

1:33.0

So hopefully that one impresses people too.

1:36.2

And you get a lot of information.

1:37.3

She's just a wise person.

1:40.2

As everybody knows, we record about two,

1:42.2

we record and the podcasts come out two weeks later.

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