SIM Ep 364 Chops 157: Rebecca Schiller on Birthrights in the time of Corona

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🗓️ 12 April 2020

⏱️ 33 minutes

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The coronavirus pandemic is wreaking havoc on the NHS and among users of the healthcare system, including pregnant women. Currently up the duff, our Jen caught up with Rebecca Schiller co-founder and trustee of Birthrights, and author of the very excellent book Your No Guilt Pregnancy Plan: A Revolutionary Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and the Weeks That Follow. They chatted about what Birthrights is doing to help provide advice to, and advocate for pregnant women, what impact coronavirus is having on antenatal and postnatal services, and how to navigate these very anxious times if you're expecting.

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0:00.0	May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get
0:08.0	10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the brain again.
0:15.0	Trains, now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. Standard Issue for all women.
0:35.0	Hello Jen here to tell you about this week's episode of the Sunday chops.
0:40.0	Before I do that, just want to check in, make sure you're all okay lockdown is as ever a
0:44.9	fucking nightmare but you know we're dealing with it it's all okay happy Easter
0:49.4	if you're listening on Sunday and that is your kind of thing lint chocolate bunnies are very much my kind of thing so there is that to be grateful for at least.
0:57.0	Getting back to this podcast, if you're a regular listener of the the author of a book which I recommend you read if you're up the duff it's called
1:15.1	your no guilt pregnancy plan a revolutionary guide to pregnancy birth and the
1:18.7	weeks that follow which is just like a lovely reassuring hug which is basically this interview is just a sort of
1:25.7	verbal version of that that's how I felt after speaking to Rebecca and if you are
1:30.0	pregnant I hope that you will feel that way too after you listen to this. It's a very
1:34.4	very anxious time for pregnant women because as well as being in the high
1:38.9	risk category the coronavirus is wreaking havoc with the NHS and of course pregnant women as
1:46.2	regular users of NHS services are impacted by that perhaps you're worried about
1:51.2	you know where you're going to give birth
1:53.2	about whether or not you can have a birth partner with you about whether you should be
1:57.1	worried about missed anti-natal appointments and classes and oh God it's never ending
2:02.4	I'm making myself anxious just thinking about it but you will not be anxious hopefully after you listen to this
2:08.0	Rebecca is just amazing and lovely and I thoroughly recommend you read her book. Hope you enjoy or you know find this comforting in some way.
2:17.0	I'm joined on the fame by Rebecca Schiller, co-founder and trustee of birth rights and also author of a book that I have recommended on this very podcast and no guilt pregnancy plan. So Rebecca, thank you very much for joining us.
2:34.8	Oh it's a pleasure to be here. It's nice to be doing something that involves talking to
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