Ep 2: Choosing Your Birth Team
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11/09/17 • 46 min
In the first official episode of Birth Kweens, we’re talking about picking your birth team. This episode kicks off our five-part series that’s all about preparing for your birth. In this episode we talked about:
- Why picking the right birth team is so important.
- The four main reasons you should NOT just pick any random doctor/midwife to be your care provider.
- Where to start and exactly what to consider when looking for a care provider who will be a good fit for you and your family.
- The differences between a hospital birth team and a home birth team
- How to pick a home birth midwife and why their hospital transfer rate isn’t the most important thing to focus on.
- Where to go to get reliable reviews on your birth team
- Special considerations and resources for VBACs (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean)
- Who (and who not) to invite to your birth
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Health Consumer Alliance
- Hospital Ratings on Consumer Reports - search by zip code and check out each hospital's stats on avoiding c-sections!
- Cesarean Rates by State
- Your Biggest C-Section Risk May Be Your Hospital - great article from Consumer Reports!
- Questions to Ask Potential Care Providers - helpful tool from the authors of the amazing book Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn (buy the book here!)
- Midwife Interview Questions
- ICAN - International Cesarean Awareness Network
- VBAC Facts
- How to start the process of finding a VBAC-friendly provider
- 10 Steps to Finding a VBAC-supportive provider
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The Birth Kweens get down to the nitty gritty of pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and women’s health. For more from us, visit birthkweens.com. Follow us on Instagram @BirthKweens and email us at [email protected] with your questions, suggestions, and feedback.
In the first official episode of Birth Kweens, we’re talking about picking your birth team. This episode kicks off our five-part series that’s all about preparing for your birth. In this episode we talked about:
- Why picking the right birth team is so important.
- The four main reasons you should NOT just pick any random doctor/midwife to be your care provider.
- Where to start and exactly what to consider when looking for a care provider who will be a good fit for you and your family.
- The differences between a hospital birth team and a home birth team
- How to pick a home birth midwife and why their hospital transfer rate isn’t the most important thing to focus on.
- Where to go to get reliable reviews on your birth team
- Special considerations and resources for VBACs (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean)
- Who (and who not) to invite to your birth
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Health Consumer Alliance
- Hospital Ratings on Consumer Reports - search by zip code and check out each hospital's stats on avoiding c-sections!
- Cesarean Rates by State
- Your Biggest C-Section Risk May Be Your Hospital - great article from Consumer Reports!
- Questions to Ask Potential Care Providers - helpful tool from the authors of the amazing book Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Newborn (buy the book here!)
- Midwife Interview Questions
- ICAN - International Cesarean Awareness Network
- VBAC Facts
- How to start the process of finding a VBAC-friendly provider
- 10 Steps to Finding a VBAC-supportive provider
Did you like this episode? Please subscribe, rate, review, and share!
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The Birth Kweens get down to the nitty gritty of pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and women’s health. For more from us, visit birthkweens.com. Follow us on Instagram @BirthKweens and email us at [email protected] with your questions, suggestions, and feedback.
Previous Episode
Ep 1: Welcome to the Birth Kweens Podcast
Hosts Ali Feroah and Karly Nuttall introduce themselves, the Birth Kweens podcast, and talk about how they became birth workers.
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The Birth Kweens get down to the nitty gritty of pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and women’s health. For more from us, visit birthkweens.com. Follow us on Instagram @BirthKweens and email us at [email protected] with your questions, suggestions, and feedback.
Next Episode
Ep 3: Prenatal Nutrition (Pt I): What Pregnant Kweens SHOULD Be Eating!
In this episode, we continue our series on preparing for your birth and cover all things related to prenatal nutrition.
Here’s what we talked about:
- Why nutrition during pregnancy is so important
- Exactly what supplements every pregnant woman should be taking (plus clarification on taking Folate vs. Folic Acid during pregnancy)
- The two probiotic strains you should be looking for to help prevent GBS infection and decrease risks to your baby
- Why water is so important during pregnancy and how much you should be drinking every day
- Are you really eating for two? How many extra calories your baby really needs
- Why food quality matters and how to get more nutrition from the food you eat
- The many benefits of fiber and how to make sure you’re getting enough
- All about protein, carbs, and fats: How much to eat and where you should get it
- The Date Study - can dates really help with labor?
Resources/Products Mentioned in this Episode:
- https://www.23andme.com - a service you can use to get tested for the MTHFR gene
- Prenatal Vitamin Recommendations:
- Calcium-Magnesium & vitamin D supplements
- Probiotic Recommendation: Jarrow’s Femdophilius (includes Lactobacillus rhamnosus and Lactobacillus reuteri)
- Karly’s homemade Gatorade recipe: Water, juice from one lemon, a few pinches of salt, 1 tablespoon of honey
- Natural Electrolyte Drink Recipe from Wellness Mama
- The EWG’s 2017 Shoppers Guide - The Dirty Dozen
- Vitamin C supplement
- Camu Camu Powder
- Crazy Benefits of Camu Camu Powder from Wellness Mama
- Fish Oil Supplement Recommendation: Carlson Labs Fish Oil
- The Date Study
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The Birth Kweens get down to the nitty gritty of pregnancy, birth, postpartum, and women’s health. For more from us, visit birthkweens.com. Follow us on Instagram @BirthKweens and email us at [email protected] with your questions, suggestions and feedback.
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