EBB 55 - Advocating for Evidence Based Care with Carissa Hipsher

Evidence Based Birth®

Rebecca Dekker

Kids & Family, Medicine, Parenting, Health & Fitness

4.3 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I interview Carissa Hipsher, a parent who was pressured into a cesarean for breech positioning. Carissa lives with her husband and three month old baby in Columbus, Ohio, and is working on obtaining her PhD in environmental science. She had a surprise breech positioning at the end of her pregnancy, and was pressured into a cesarean very quickly. After that experience, she decided to become more involved in examining the evidence on breech positioning and its different delivery options, as well as advocating for pregnant families' rights.

After compiling the evidence on breech delivery and asking to present it to her hospital management to help future families have more choices in birth, Carissa received little response. Now she is working on getting a modified version of the letter she sent to the hospital published in a national obstetrics journal. She is also focusing on processing her birth, including talking to other women who had unplanned c-sections.

Find our more about the International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN) here.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone on today's podcast we're going to talk to Carissa a parent about her experience
0:06.1	being pressured into a Cesarian for breach positioning.
0:10.4	Welcome to the Evidence Space Birth Podcast. My name is Rebecca Decker and I'm a nurse
0:18.6	with my PhD and the founder of Evidence Based Birth. Join me each week as we work together
0:24.5	to get evidence-based information
0:26.7	into the hands of families and professionals
0:29.4	across the world.
0:30.5	As a reminder, this information is not medical advice.
0:33.6	See EB Birth.com slash disclaimer for more details.
0:37.6	Hi everyone today. I'm so excited to welcome Carissa Hipchure to the
0:44.2	Evidence-based Birth Podcasts.
0:46.2	Carissa is a mom of a three-month-old baby named Clara.
0:50.3	She lives with her husband in Columbus, Ohio and she's working on getting her PhD in environmental science
0:57.8	Carissa had a surprise breach positioning at the end of her first pregnancy and she was pressured into a
1:05.2	cesarean very quickly. After that experience she felt like she wanted to get more involved in looking
1:11.3	at the evidence on breach positioning and the different
1:15.2	delivery options and also just get more involved in advocating for pregnant families'
1:20.8	rights.
1:21.8	So, Carissa, welcome to the evidence-based birth
1:24.0	podcast. Hi, thank you so much for having me. I'm really excited to be here. So
1:29.9	Karissa first reached out to us by email and I was so impressed by her email. I told
1:36.0	Katie who answers our emails. I was like you have to get Carissa on the podcast.
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