Ep 190: What Exactly Is Physiologic Birth?
Birth With Power
Dr. Nicole C. Rankins
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2023
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
I’m kicking off the new year with a really important episode about physiologic birth. I was inspired to cover this topic by our guest from episode 168, CNM Gianna Fay. She wrote to me asking if I would be willing to cover it and my response was - sure… but how?
It’s not a topic that OB/GYNs are taught much if anything about. The term gets used a lot in the online space but it’s not often defined. So I decided to roll up my sleeves and see what information I could find. I learned about it myself and I’m going to share that information with you today.
In this Episode, You’ll Learn About:
-How normal physiologic birth is defined
-Which factors disrupt physiologic childbirth
-What are the benefits of normal physiologic birth
-Whether any one position should be mandated or prescribed
-What are the factors that influence physiologic birth
-Why it’s vital for your medical team to support your wishes
-What makes it necessary to intervene
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| 0:00.0 | In this episode, you are going to learn all about physiologic birth. |
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| 1:20.3 | Hello, hello. |
| 1:21.2 | Welcome to another episode of the podcast. |
| 1:24.2 | This is episode number 190. |
| 1:31.3 | I am so glad that you're spending some of your time with me today. I'm so excited for this episode. I'm kicking off the new year, 2023, with a really |
| 1:37.5 | important topic, and that is physiologic birth. I was inspired to do this episode by Gianna Faye. |
| 1:44.3 | She is a certified nurse midwife. |
| 1:46.8 | She was a guest on the podcast on episode 168 where we chatted about all things midwifery |
| 1:52.3 | and she sent me a message asking me if physiologic birth is a topic that I'd be willing |
| 1:58.5 | to cover because it gets talked about a lot. And my response was, |
| 2:03.7 | sure, but how do I talk about this? It's not a topic that OBGYNs are taught much, if anything, |
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