Stop fighting and listen to your body. This actually doesn't mean what you might think.

Welcome to the All About Pregnancy and Birth Podcast. If you're having a baby in the hospital,

you are giving birth

in a system that too often takes away power from women over what happens in their own bodies.

I'm Dr. Nicole Calloway-Rankens, a practicing board certified OBGYN, who's had the privilege

of helping well over a thousand babies into this world. I've been a doctor for over 20 years,

and I'm here to help you

take back your power, advocate for yourself, and have the beautiful pregnancy and birth that you

deserve. This podcast is for educational purposes only and it's not a substitute for medical advice.

Check out the full disclaimer at Dr. Nicole Rankinsin.com forward slash disclaimer now let's get to it

Hello there welcome to another episode of the podcast whether this is your first time listening or you've been here before

Thank you thank you thank you for spending some time with me today

This is a Thursday short episode these These episodes are about 10 minutes each.

I release them on Thursdays.

And in these episodes, I answer listener questions,

share interesting stories from my work,

or just share what's on my mind.

And today, I want to share a couple of really important things with you.

One is you don't have to fight for your

birth and the second is listen to your body means listen to your body. Now let me expand on what I

mean about that. A lot of social media and even even I've said this before, is this concept of

you feel like you have to really fight for your birth. And I understand that, that need to fight.

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