EBB 190 - Updated Evidence on Big Babies
Evidence Based Birth®
Rebecca Dekker
4.6 • 978 Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
, to discuss the latest research on Big Babies. In this episode, we cover: What is considered a "big" baby?
- Can we accurately predict if a baby will be born big?
- Does it really matter if a baby is born big? What are the risks?
- Could suspecting that you're pregnant with a big baby be more harmful than helpful?
- Is early induction beneficial for big babies?
RESOURCES:
You can access all of the references for this podcast, as well as a full-length Signature Article and one-page handout on Big Babies by visiting ebbirth.com/bigbaby. Don't forget that we also have several resources for people who are pregnant with gestational diabetes:
Diagnosing Gestational Diabetes: ebbirth.com/diagnosinggdm
Inducing Labor for Gestational Diabetes: ebbirth.com/inducinggdm
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk with our new research editor |
| 0:04.1 | Aaron Wilson about the updated evidence on big babies. |
| 0:09.7 | Welcome to the Evidence-Based Birth Podcast. My name is Rebecca Decker and I'm a nurse with my |
| 0:16.8 | PhD and the founder of Evidence Base Birth. Join me each week as we work together to get evidence-based information into the hands of families and professionals around the world. |
| 0:28.0 | As a reminder, this information is not medical advice. |
| 0:31.0 | See EB-B-Birth.com slash disclaimer for more details. |
| 0:37.0 | Hi everyone and welcome to today's episode of the Evidence Space Birth |
| 0:41.7 | Podcast. Just a quick content warning before we begin we will of the evidence-based birth podcast. |
| 0:42.8 | Just a quick content warning before we begin, |
| 0:44.8 | we will be talking about the research statistics |
| 0:47.3 | on shoulder dystocia as well as stillbirth. |
| 0:50.6 | Now I'm so excited to welcome Aaron Wilson to the evidence-based birth |
| 0:54.2 | podcast. Aaron is a clinical researcher who was also a birth dula and |
| 0:58.6 | childbirth educator. She has an undergraduate degree in biology, a minor in English, and a master's degree in public health. |
| 1:05.5 | Aaron currently lives with her family in a rural area in the mountains of Colorado, |
| 1:10.0 | which has given her the opportunity to spend more time with her young daughter Evelin. |
| 1:14.0 | As things have settled down and schools have begun to reopen, |
| 1:17.0 | Aaron recently started looking for remote work opportunities. |
| 1:20.0 | Aaron always loved the mission and values of evidence-based birth and has traveled |
| 1:24.6 | the two of our live events before so she jumped at the chance to bring her |
| 1:28.2 | unique skills and experience to work with our team as a new research editor here at EBB. In addition to her new |
| 1:34.8 | role at EBB, Aaron is currently teaching remote perinatal education classes |
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