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The term fear mongering comes up often in the discussion of our medical system, and our maternity care is no different. Knowing what it is and isn't is helpful in being able to identify the red flags and stand up to fear mongering if it happens to you.

In this episode I discuss:


The definition of fear mongering and what it can look like in your maternity care.


The red flags of fear mongering and what the opposite of fear mongering, which is the informed consent process.


Fear isn't a bad thing and can actually be helpful as you prepare for birth.


How the knowledge is power approach can help you feel confident, even when faced with fear mongering.

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Have you ever said, "the hospital won't let me..."? Then you need to learn more about the role of your OB, midwife, MFM or really any medical provider because they hold no power over you. Tune in to learn more about informed consent and evidence based care and how you are the actual boss of your medical care.

In this episode, I discuss:


Informed consent is a discussion that includes getting fully informed so you can make the final decision.
Why I think the term shared decision making actually is making the power dynamic worse for mothers.
The three components to evidence based care.
Birth is a physiologic event that doesn't typically need intervention.

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What is WILD pregnancy? We have one of our good friends from the Moms off the Record podcast, Kat Sigblad, sharing about her current pregnancy with baby number two. With her first birth, Kat thought she prepared the right way, from firing her provider and switching to home birth to being educated on all things natural birth, but what she learned is even home birth midwives can be captured by the system. Not wanting her next birth to be sabotaged as well, Kat did everything differently, starting before conception and by doing her own prenatal care and having a truly autonomous pregnancy.
In this episode, Kat gives all the juicy details on her wild pregnancy, including:
The scare tactics and manipulation from her home birth midwives that ultimately led her to having a 72 hour induction and failure to descend leading to an unnecessary cesarean.
Her promise to not outsource her intuition to someone bound by rules and regulations and the experts she is turning to instead.
The typical mindset and belief that more technology and more experts equals a safer birth, and the fallacy of having technology in the birth space.
The downsides of the prenatal routine and exactly what Kat will be opting out of and including in her prenatal care, including gestational diabetes screen, blood pressure monitoring, ultrasounds, gbs and fetal monitoring.
More resources for wild pregnancy:
Kat's Substack - coming soon!
Moms off the Record Podcast
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Anisa Woodall - Holistic fertility & nutrition
Free Birth Society Podcast

The ONE thing I wish someone had told me when I was pregnant with my first. Here I am telling it to you if you haven't heard me say it already.



In this episode I discuss:


The 7Bs of attachment parenting and the intuitive way to parent your baby.
In 2013, I read food blogs when I should have been finding the home birth corner on the web.
The gaps in our prenatal care, specifically the lack of options and informed consent that come with the typical hospital prenatal.



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This is an incredible birth story that you won't want to miss. Katie shares her amazing journey from finding the online birth community in pre-conception to her long, tough back labor in the hospital, completely unmedicated. Katie's favorite part of her story, was reaching down to catch her own baby. She calls it the best gift she's ever received.



In this episode, Katie shares:


What she did to prepare for her natural hospital birth, and all the mindset work behind believe she could do it.
Why she chose to birth in the hospital, even though she wanted a home birth.
How preparing her husband with Unmedicated Academy helped him to trust birth too.
All 31 hours, starting a home with losing her mucous plug, to her doula walking in to help, to leaving for the hospital to use their birth tubs, to finally catching her baby.
The feeling of empowerment that came with her birth, and how she feels like she can do anything now.



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Why do I have a consult appointment with my oral surgeon but not my OB? Home birth midwives generally do free consults as well. Want a more home birth like hospital birth? Run your own consultation and ask the right questions to see if your provider is the right fit for what you want in your birth. And if you are currently seeing an OB or a practice with OBs do not skip this ONE question.



More questions to ask in the episode on Finding Your Unicorn OB



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