Do You Know the Risks?

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My Essential Birth

Mama, Courses, Kids & Family, Pregnancy, Labor, Natural, Breastfeeding, Birth, Pregnant, Parenting, Class, Baby, Health & Fitness, Doula, Vbac, Education, Childbirth

4.4 • 696 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2020

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

So often we are told the benefits of procedures during pregnancy and birth, but how often are we given the risks associated with those procedures too? True informed consent means getting both and then being given the opportunity to consent or decline. The tricky part can be in not really understanding the options. How do you really know if you're getting all the information? Well, that's exactly what we break down for you in this episode! Don't forget to follow us on Instagram @myessentialbi...

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0:00.0	Welcome to the My Essential Birth podcast. I'm Courtney and I'm Stephanie and we're professional
0:05.5	doulas, childbirth educators and the creators of My Essential Birth, the holistic, empowering,
0:11.3	online childbirth education course helping mothers everywhere confidently achieve their best birth.
0:17.0	So join us each week as we share tips and advice for all things pregnancy, birth and beyond.
0:22.2	Be sure to subscribe to the podcast so that you can be the first to get new content.
0:27.2	And head over to www.mysentialbirth.com for more information about our birth course
0:33.8	and to join a community of mamas just like you.
0:40.9	We're excited to introduce you to our reviewer of the week, Tena Nijay, who says, great podcast. Hey, my name is Tania Naday and I'm 20 years old.
0:48.7	I really enjoy listening to your podcast. Even though I'm not pregnant at the moment, me and my
0:53.5	boyfriend are looking to get
0:54.5	pregnant soon. And I'm so thankful that I found you guys because becoming a mom is a lot of work
0:59.1	from pregnancy to labor to just the beginning of their lives. So keep it up. And I appreciate
1:03.4	the information that you bring. P.S., I've been sharing your podcast with all the other expecting
1:07.5	mothers. Love y'all. I think you need to contact us privately because can we
1:12.3	have a moment to appreciate the fact that she's 20 years old and already thinking about what she wants
1:17.9	for her birth like right wow getting goodos to you i just always admire the moms who are like yeah
1:22.9	we're going to get pregnant soon and i want to get as informed as possible i'm like well holy cow yeah me cow. Yeah. Me. I was like, I think I want to have a baby. I would like a baby bump. I would like
1:31.4	the attention. I was planning the nursery. What color do I want to pin it? I wasn't even thinking about
1:36.3	options and education. So you guys. It was like 34 weeks before I started Googling anything.
1:40.8	You guys are ahead of the curve. Props to you, Tania. Hit us with some knowledge,
1:44.9	Steph. I would love to. Drop a true phone. Watch out. No, today is all about informed consent.
1:50.8	We feel like this is kind of our soapbox, right? Like, if you follow us at all or you're part of
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