Michelle Aristizabal on Natural Birth and Choosing Your Birthing Experience

The Wellness Mama Podcast

Katie Wells

Parenting, Education, Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Motherhood, Mom Life, Wellness, Kids & Family, Organic, Health, Natural Living, Self-improvement

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Episode Highlights With Michelle

The resistance she runs into as a doctor trying to support natural birth
Why doctors and patients often have trouble having a low intervention birth in some settings
The reason the c-section rate has risen so drastically in the last few decades
Some factors to consider when approaching birth
The real data about if low intervention birth is more dangerous
Ways women can advocate for themselves in labor
Interventions you actually have a choice about in labor and can refuse
The factors women can do to increase their chances of a natural birth
Stats on the real safety of home birth vs hospital birth and why home birth isn’t as safe in the US as it can be in other places

Resources We Mention

Natural Labor and Birth: An Evidence-Based Guide to the Natural Birth Plan by Michelle Aristizabal
Facebook page - Wombkeepers Scottsdale
Pushed: The Painful Truth About Childbirth and Modern Maternity Care by Jennifer Block

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