Pregnancy Decisions Explained: Rh Factor, Testing & Birth Choices | Emily Stanwyck

Realfoodology

Courtney Swan

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Nutrition

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 84 minutes

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296: I’m joined by Emily Stanwyck to dive into the conversations around pregnancy, birth, and the medical system that many women aren’t fully informed about. We talk through topics like Rh factor and RhoGAM, common interventions and testing, and how to approach pregnancy decisions with more clarity and confidence. This episode is all about understanding your options, asking better questions, and feeling more empowered in your care, whether you’re currently pregnant or planning for the future. Topics Discussed: → Rh Negative Pregnancy & RhoGAM → Informed Consent in Pregnancy Care → Hospital Birth vs Home Birth → Pregnancy After 35 → Routine Testing & Interventions → Vitamin K & Newborn Care → Fear-Based vs Individualized Care Sponsored By: → Cowboy Colostrum | Get 25% Off Cowboy Colostrum with code REALFOODOLOGY at ⁠https://cowboycolostrum.com/realfoodology⁠ → Our Place | Our Place is having their biggest sale of the season right now! Save up to 40% on your sitewide now through April 12th. Head to ⁠https://fromourplace.com/REALFOODOLOGY⁠ to see why more than a million people have made the switch to Our Place kitchenware. And with their 100-day risk-free trial and free returns, you can shop with total confidence. Shop Our Place’s best sale of the season right now → Manukora | Head to ⁠https://manukora.com/REALFOODOLOGY⁠ to save up to 31% plus $25 worth of free gifts with the Starter Kit, which comes with an MGO 850+ Manuka Honey jar, 5 honey travel sticks, a wooden spoon, and a guidebook! → Timeline | Timeline’s clinically proven formula is now available at a new, lower price. Mitopure now starts at $79, when you go to ⁠https://timeline.com/REALFOODOLOGY⁠ → Shopify | It’s time to turn those “What Ifs” into “cha ching” with Shopify today. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at ⁠https://shopify.com/realfoodology⁠ Timestamps: → 00:00 - Introduction → 01:15 - RhoGAM + Rh Negative Blood Types → 06:00 - Testing, Pregnancy Decisions + Options → 09:30 - When You Do / Don’t Need the Shot → 16:30 - Birth Philosophy + Medical System → 25:30 - Hospital vs Home Birth → 33:00 - Fear in Pregnancy + Care Approaches → 41:30 - Preeclampsia, Nutrition + Baby Aspirin → 48:30 - Genetic Testing + Amniocentesis → 53:24 - Vitamin K, Circumcision, GBS + Epidurals Show Links: → ⁠realfoodology.com⁠ Check Out Emily: → ⁠Instagram - emilystanwyck⁠ Check Out Courtney: → ⁠LEAVE US A VOICE MESSAGE⁠ → ⁠Check Out My new FREE Grocery Guide!⁠ → ⁠@realfoodology⁠ → ⁠⁠PEOPLE VS THE POISON - Sign up now!⁠⁠⁠⁠ → ⁠www.realfoodology.com⁠ → ⁠My Immune Supplement by 2x4⁠ → ⁠Air Dr Air Purifier⁠ → ⁠AquaTru Water Filter⁠ → ⁠EWG Tap Water Database⁠ Produced By: Drake Peterson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The antibiotics are only 80% effective if you get two doses that are four hours apart, but they do the doses every four hours in the hospital.
0:09.0	More and more women are giving birth after 35 now and into their 40s.
0:13.4	Everyone I know is having babies after 35.
0:15.9	I know.
0:16.5	I feel like I was a teen mom in Los Angeles.
0:18.6	I got pregnant at 28.
0:20.4	If you are a negative blood type woman, you are going to be offered this shot at around 28 weeks pregnant. The Rogam shot is to protect a future pregnancy. Would you kill for your baby? I'm like, what kind of question is that? Yes, obviously.
0:42.0	Oh my God.
0:43.7	Emily, I'm so excited for this episode.
0:44.7	You have no idea.
0:52.1	I have been wanting to do this for a while because it's obviously very relevant to me right now.
0:54.9	And also, I've been getting a ton of questions from people.
1:00.1	So you are my birth dula, which I'm very excited about. You too. Also very nervous.
1:03.0	Yeah. Normal. As you know.
1:08.0	Okay, so what should we get into you first? I got a ton of questions on Instagram.
1:11.7	Since it's top of mind for me, and this was probably my number one most asked question, is let's talk about the Rogam shot and being negative blood type and your
1:16.9	partner being positive blood type. Oh my gosh, this is such a thing. And what's really funny is
1:22.9	this is like zero evidence based, but somebody that I follow on Instagram goes, all RH-negative people attract each other. And literally all my friends are R-H-negative. It's so crazy. That's so, all my closest friends. Yeah, I am too. And I am. Yeah. And my husband is positive. My husband's positive, too. What is that? I know. So, okay, this is really complex.
1:45.3	And I will just say, just to preface the podcast, I'm not a doctor or a medical professional in any way.
1:51.4	So if I say something wrong, correct me.
1:55.0	That's okay with me.
1:56.5	This is just everything I've learned over the last literally, probably 15 years of being exposed to
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