In this shorty episode, I am sharing a little bit about my background and why I do the work I do.

Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast.

If you're having a baby in the hospital, you are giving birth in a system that too often takes away power from women over what happens in their own bodies.

I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway-Rankens, a practicing board certified OBGYN, who's had the privilege of helping well over a thousand babies into this world.

I've been a doctor for over 20 years, and I'm here to help you take back your power,

advocate for yourself, and have the beautiful pregnancy and birth that you deserve.

This podcast is for educational purposes only and it's not a substitute for medical advice.

Check out the full disclaimer at Dr. Nicole Rankins.com forward slash disclaimer.

Now let's get to it.

Hello there. Welcome to another episode of the podcast whether this is your first time listening or you've been here before you know i'm glad you're

spending some time with me today in this episode i want to take a minute and tell you a bit about

my background training and how and why I came to do this work

that I do. And the reason this is important is because these days there are more and more people

popping up on social media, especially talking about pregnancy and birth and women's health

topics in general. And it's really important that you get information from reliable and trustworthy sources.

But here is the thing.

You are the one that has to decide what you consider reliable and trustworthy.

And you need the information to make that decision so

you need to know the background the education the experience that informs the

people who are giving you information so that you can decide if you think that

they are reliable and trustworthy or not. So with that being said,

let me tell you a bit about my education experience and my why in terms of why I do this work.

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