Tips to Advocate for Yourself with Your Doctor or Midwife

Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten

Newborn, Parent, Homebirth, Vbac, Kids & Family, Doula, Firsttimemom, Midwife, Pregnancy, Doctor, Parenting, Pregnant, Vanessamerten, Physician, Csection, Prenatalcare, Breastfeeding, Naturalbirth, Nursing, Birthcenter, Family, Baby, Hospitalbirth, Health, Obgyn, Research, Trimester, Expecting, Labor, Mom, Diet, Dad, Birth

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🗓️ 19 May 2024

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Fifty years ago, you went to the doctor, and whatever they told you was the correct answer. They were the experts and the gatekeepers of information. Today, doctors are still experts, but access to information is widely available to patients. There has been a major shift in patients being informed, especially concerning pregnancy and birth. Ideally, you find a doctor or midwife who is the perfect fit, whose ideology aligns with yours, and whom you trust explicitly. Many expecting parents will encounter scenarios where they do not see eye-to-eye with their care provider. You have two choices: you can go along with your care provider, or you can advocate for yourself. This episode will empower you to feel confident to advocate for yourself to be heard and to have the courage to make informed decisions that are right for you and your baby.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Merton.
0:11.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast.
0:15.0	In today's episode, we're talking about advocating for yourself with your doctor or midwife.
0:21.0	It wasn't that long ago that if you went to the doctor, whatever they told you was the correct answer.
0:27.0	They were always the experts and they were gatekeepers of information.
0:31.0	Today, of course, doctors are still experts in so many things but access to
0:36.9	information is widely available there's been a huge shift in patients
0:41.6	getting informed especially when it comes to pregnancy and birth.
0:46.3	Ideally, you find a doctor or midwife right from the start who's the perfect fit, whose ideology aligns with yours and whom you trust explicitly. A lot of
0:57.7	parents are going to encounter at least one scenario where they don't see
1:02.3	eye to eye with their doctor or midwife.
1:05.4	And when that happens, you have two choices.
1:08.3	You can just go along with your care provider or you can advocate for yourself.
1:13.3	This episode will empower you to feel confident
1:16.4	to advocate for yourself to be heard
1:18.8	and to have the courage to make informed decisions
1:22.0	that are right for you and your baby.
1:24.0	You can find the complete article and all of the resources for this episode
1:29.0	at pregnancy podcast.com slash advocate. Podcast. the last year of episodes. You can become a pregnancy podcast premium member and get
1:46.4	access to the entire back catalog and all of that content is ad free.
1:52.8	When you have access to the entire archive,
1:55.6	you can binge through all of the topics
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