Understanding Your Care Team from Pregnancy to Postpartum

Pregnancy Podcast

Vanessa Merten

Kids & Family, Parenting

4.5 • 970 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

This episode examines your care team during pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Your primary care provider is the cornerstone of your prenatal care and birth experience. In addition to your doctor or midwife, many other practitioners can play a role in your care. This article will help you understand each professional's role in your care, differentiate between professional certifications, and navigate working with these specialists.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the pregnancy podcast with Vanessa Mert.
0:07.0	Hello, thank you for tuning into the pregnancy podcast. In this episode we're talking
0:16.5	about your care team during pregnancy, when you're in labor and giving birth, and postpartum.
0:22.2	There are a lot of different practitioners that can play a role in your care.
0:27.0	In this episode, I want to help you understand the role that each of these professionals plays in your care, how to differentiate
0:34.4	between different professional certifications, and how to navigate working with
0:38.8	these specialists. You can find the full article and all of the resources that accompany this episode at pregnancy
0:46.2	podcast.com slash care team.
0:50.9	You are currently listening to the public feed of the podcast. You can become a pregnancy
0:56.0	podcast premium member and get access to the entire back catalog, over 200 episodes, and all of the premium content is ad-free.
1:06.5	With access to the entire archive, you can binge through all of the topics to answer the
1:11.8	questions about the things that you're going through for your pregnancy and planning for your birth.
1:16.9	There are hundreds of episodes on every topic that impacts your pregnancy pregnancy
1:23.6	to plan for your birth.
1:25.4	Become a pregnancy podcast premium member
1:28.5	at pregnancy podcast.com slash premium.
1:32.0	Your primary care provider is really the
1:35.2	cornerstone of your prenatal care and your birth experience. This is the main
1:39.8	expert resource that you're going to be working with throughout your pregnancy
1:43.7	and they're going to be helping you to make some really important decisions.
1:47.5	It is so critical that you were comfortable with and that you trust your care provider. In the long run that is more important
1:55.0	than their qualifications, where they went to school, how many birth they attended.
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