Maternity care in the United States needs a re-boot. Our induction rates are rising, our c-section rates are rising, pregnancy complication rates are rising, fertility rates are declining, postpartum depression rates are rising...the list goes on.What are we going to do about it?Most people see the answer as simple: more pharmaceuticals, more technology, more "science".But what is science? The scientific method is quite simple: ask questions, make guesses at the answers, test our guesses, and then draw conclusions. Repeat ad infinitum. Most physicians and healthcare professionals aren't using their brains to their full capacity because they are too occupied documenting, billing, and following rules. This will get us nowhere...We need to be curious and start asking hard questions.Furthermore, do physicians hold the answer to our maternity woes? Unlikely. In fact, I would argue that a multi- or transdisciplinary approach to maternity care, with midwifery-led care becoming the default in any country is a major part of the solution. Born Free Method: The Podcast is hosted by Nathan Riley, MD, a dual board-certified OBGYN, and the conversations here extend beyond the hospitals, beyond the clinics, beyond the profession of "medicine". It implores you to get back to what matters most: birthing families. On this podcast, you'll enjoy conversations with those inside and outside the medical industrial complex. You'll enjoy clinical summaries of ACOG's practice bulletins (formerly heard at the Obgyno Wino Podcast). You'll enjoy personal essays from Nathan himself on the nature of birth(work). And you'll enjoy occasional recordings of guest appearances to the Born Free Method's twice monthly community calls. Be loved!Work with Nathan:Beloved Holistics | Born Free Method | Clear & Free | Twins-BreechMedical Disclaimer: Born Free Method: The Podcast is an educational program. No information conveyed through this podcast should be construed as medical advice. These conversations are available to the public for educational and entertainment purposes only.Music provided by AudioKraken / Pond5
Maternity care in the United States needs a re-boot. Our induction rates are rising, our c-section rates are rising, pregnancy complication rates are rising, fertility rates are declining, postpartum depression rates are rising...the list goes on.What are we going to do about it?Most people see the answer as simple: more pharmaceuticals, more technology, more "science".But what is science? The scientific method is quite simple: ask questions, make guesses at the answers, test our guesses, and then draw conclusions. Repeat ad infinitum. Most physicians and healthcare professionals aren't using their brains to their full capacity because they are too occupied documenting, billing, and following rules. This will get us nowhere...We need to be curious and start asking hard questions.Furthermore, do physicians hold the answer to our maternity woes? Unlikely. In fact, I would argue that a multi- or transdisciplinary approach to maternity care, with midwifery-led care becoming the default in any country is a major part of the solution. Born Free Method: The Podcast is hosted by Nathan Riley, MD, a dual board-certified OBGYN, and the conversations here extend beyond the hospitals, beyond the clinics, beyond the profession of "medicine". It implores you to get back to what matters most: birthing families. On this podcast, you'll enjoy conversations with those inside and outside the medical industrial complex. You'll enjoy clinical summaries of ACOG's practice bulletins (formerly heard at the Obgyno Wino Podcast). And you'll enjoy personal essays from Nathan himself on the nature of birth(work).Be loved!Work with Nathan:Beloved Holistics | Born Free Method | Clear & Free | Twins-BreechMedical Disclaimer: Born Free Method: The Podcast is an educational program. No information conveyed through this podcast should be construed as medical advice. These conversations are available to the public for educational and entertainment purposes only.Music provided by AudioKraken / Pond5
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalIn the 19th century, a young surgeon named J. Marion Sims headed to Montgomery, Alabama, seeking a route to fame and power. He saw an opportunity in a highly morbid condition known as vesicovaginal fistula, whereby a false passage between the bladder and vagina forms as a consequence of difficult childbirth, and began experimenting with techniques to find a cure. The issue was that nobody in their right mind was willing to volunteer for this type of surgery, so he coerced Black enslaved women. The first of his patients to have been presumably “cured” was Anarcha. If this is the first time that you have heard her name, you are likely not alone. This conversation gives a voice to the Mothers of Gynecology, an appropriate moniker for the women who suffered at the hands of surgeons like J. Marion Sims and whose sacrifices led to the advent of the profession of gynecology. Visit the show notes for more. Connect with J.C. Hallman:WebsiteInstagramReference from the show:Say Anarcha, by J.C. HallmanThe Anarcha ArchivA short history of anaesthesia: from unspeakable agony to unlocking consciousnessMore information on vesicovaginal fistulaArguments of Sims’ apologizesMedical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present, by Harriet A. WashingtonNathan Bozeman wiki pageSpeak! Move! Change! Mbongi eventJ. Marion Sims was a b*tch t-shirtsConnect with Nathan:Instagram | YoutubeMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?My Online Courses:
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalI met Teshna while attending a birth in Albany, NY. My friend for whom I had traveled to Albany to assist with the birth of his fourth child had recommended I check out her practice. It was a very modest chiropractic studio, but the experience with Teshna was anything but ordinary. She introduced me to a unique blend of classical chiropractic care and other techniques meant to help me clear my limiting beliefs. She had me say out loud various phrases about my life and how I perceive love in my life, and then she used muscle testing to determine if I “really believed” what I was saying. As it turns out, I’ve been lying to myself about much that I held in my world. And then the magic trick…She corrected these incongruencies using simple touch, red light, and a few other techniques. It was like magic, and I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t experienced it myself. Meet Teshna Beaulieu, who is likely the most unusual healer I’ve ever met. Visit the show notes for more. Connect with Teshna:WebsiteInstagramReference from the show:Dr. Teshna’s book “Fit for Love”Neuroemotional Technique (Dr. Scott Walker, Teshna’s mentor)A 3 DAY Training called "Meridian Therapy and Tapping (MTT)”. One-hour Forgiveness Process webinar to introduce people to my work and MTT.Free 1-DAY MTT Immersion to introduce people to more aspects of MTT where they learn how to muscle test themselves, powerful stress reduction protocol, and test and clear their blocks about different subjects like love and many more. 1 Year All Access Membership where people can attend all events and also get the recorded modules of the 3 DAY MTT Training as well as a weekly coaching/ session group call.Connect with Nathan:Instagram | YoutubeMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?My Online Courses:Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum SupportClear +
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalAre you ready for a power hour? You are likely already familiar with my guests on today’s episode, but if not, meet Lily and Lisa. Lily Nichols is the author of two of the most important nutritional books ever written pertaining to pregnancy: “Real Food for Pregnancy” and “Real Food for Gestational Diabetes”. Lisa Hendrickson-Jack is the author of “The Fifth Vital Sign”. Lily’s work has been most relevant once you’re already pregnant; Lisa’s work has been beloved by those trying to conceive. Naturally, Lily and Lisa have combined forces to write the new bible for fertility: “Real Food for Fertility”. Guys, when I say I have found my new favorite reference, I mean it with over 2400 citations, “Real Food for Fertility” combined nutritional and metabolic science with fertility awareness tracking. We could have chatted for 6 hours in this interview, but we had to keep it to 60 min, so we dive deep into lifestyle modification and nutrition to improve egg and sperm quality, and you’re going to be wowed!Visit the show notes for more.Connect with Lily Nichols:WebsiteInstagramXConnect with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack:WebsiteInstagramLinkedIn Reference from the show:WHO laboratory manual for the examination and processing of human semenBook “Real Food for Fertility” Read the first chapter for free or download the 2400+ reference listConnect with Nathan:Instagram | YoutubeMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?My Online Courses:Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum SupportClear + Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPVThis episode was made possible by:Immune Intel AHCC® - code BELOVED10 for 10% offWeNatal - Free bottle of fish oil with purchase of Him + Her prenatalsMedical Disclaimer: The Holistic OBGYN Podcast is an educational program. No information conveyed through this podcast should be construed as medical advice. These...
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalBabies die. Fetuses die. We all die. And yet, we are so death illiterate that even seasoned veterans in the health professions often struggle with how to show up when death inevitably shows up on the doorstep. This topic is especially challenging - but even more important - when the “D” word arises in the context of pregnancy and childbirth. Join me in this very heartfelt conversation with Tamara MacIntyre, an end-of-life architect and retired chiropractor about death, grief, souls, loss, and love. Visit the show notes for more.Connect with Tamara:Websites: The Prana Foundation & Conscious DeathInstagramLearn about Tamara's work:WebsiteLet’s cope Instagram References and Links from the show:Nora McInerney's TED talkDie Wise, by Stephen JenkinsonA new Course Launch called "Life's Limitations: Reframing Diagnosis & Loss in the Pregnancy and Pediatric Practice'Course Sales Funnel: reframingloss.com - the course is October 19th, 2024 (4 hours CE for some regulated health professionals)Connect with Nathan:Instagram | Youtube | TiktokMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?My Online Courses:Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum SupportClear + Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPVThis episode was made possible by:Immune...
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalI don’t think I have prepared for any interview as hard as I prepared for this one. My guest today is Marc Gafni, former rabbi, Hebrew mystic, and author of a number of books, most notably “A Return to Eros”, “Your Unique Self”, and his most recent book, “First Principles and First Values: Forty-Two Propositions on Cosmoerotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come”. I recommend you take his writing in through small sips versus trying to binge any of them on a weekend. They are potent. In this conversation, we discuss:the Divine Feminine and how the world’s religions have got it wronghow the comparison of masculine and feminine is fraught with disastrous outcomespostmodernity and the evolution of love and a new grammar of value through which a shared story of value can be developed in order to solve the world’s problemsshame as the root of all evil and how a new sexual narrative - the sex erotic - is the only “cure” for shamethe importance of these principles in addressing the myriad of issues that plague maternity care worldwideLimitations within the work of Jordan Peterson, Yuval Harari, Wilhelm Reich, and even Brené BrownBrace yourself…you are entering the complex mind and heart of Marc Gafni…Visit the show notes for more.Connect with Marc:WebsiteLinkedInInstagramXTikTokFacebookLearn about Marc's work:Free Unique Self Mini-CourseUnique Self-Emergence Training ProgramFree Weekly Broadcast with Dr. Marc GafniReferences and Links from the show:Marc’s books:A Return to Eros: The Radical Experience of Being Fully AliveYour Unique Self: The Radical Path to Personal EnlightenmentThe Erotic And The Holy: Kabbalistic Tantra for Everyday LivingJoin Marc in Holland for 5-Day Intensive Mystery School, November 13-17, 2024, at erosmysteryschool.comFirst Principles and First Values: Forty-Two Propositions on Cosmoerotic Humanism, the Meta-Crisis, and the World to Come2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:Join 150 birth workers and 20+...
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalShawnee and I met through a 2023 trip to South Africa with Restore Forward and Sevonna Brown. She then introduced me to the film Aftershock, which highlights the ripple effect that results from a woman dying in childbirth, and it was Shawnee’s daughter, Shamony, whose death inspired the film. Shamony is survived by Omari and their two little children. Shawnee and Omari are thus no stranger to the lived experience of losing another black woman at the hands of the most cumbersome and expensive healthcare system on the planet. Why are black families suffering in ways that white families will never have to understand? What can be done to rectify the system? How do we heal as a collective? We do our best to answer these questions in this humbling conversation…Visit the show notes for more.Connect with Omari:LinkedInInstagramConnect with Shawnee:LinkedInInstagramLearn about their work:WebsiteInstagramReferences and Links from the show:Speak! Move! Change!The ARIAH FoundationThe Spirit of a Woman Leadership Development Institute The Anarcha ArchiveBlack Americans’ views about health disparities, experiences with health care from the Pew Research CenterAftershock film (trailer)Restore ForwardCDC data on Black fathers (versus other races)2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:Join 150 birth workers and 20+ amazing presenters in Louisville, August 8-11, to learn some new skills, make some new friends, and show up holistically for your birthing clients!Visit the website and registerConnect with Nathan:Instagram | a...
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalI left the conventional medical model because I was worried about being punished for prioritizing patient autonomy over my institution's liability. I thought that the only way that I could reasonably offer vaginal breech birth support for families in need was in the home. But after I met today’s guest, my presumptions were drawn into question. Denny Hartung is an OBGYN and FACOG happily working within a small, community hospital in Wisconsin, and he’s doing just fine. How is this possible? Why aren’t his privileges being questioned? Tune in to find out…And if you want to meet Denny in person and work through some simulations with this walking legend, join us at the 2024 Born Free Twins-Breech. Grab your ticket before we fill up!Visit the show notes for more.Connect with Denny:WebsiteLinkedInReference from the show:Info on Critical Access HospitalsBreech Without BordersBreech provider directory (Breech Without Borders)2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:Join 150 birth workers and 20+ amazing presenters in Louisville, August 8-11, to learn some new skills, make some new friends, and show up holistically for your birthing clients!Visit the website and registerConnect with Nathan:Instagram | Youtube | TiktokMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?My Online Courses:Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum SupportClear + Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPVThis episode was made possible by:Immune Intel AHCC® - code BELOVED10 for 10% offWeNatal - Free bottle of fish oil with purchase of Him + Her prenatalsMedical Disclaimer: The Holistic OBGYN Podcast is an educational program. No information conveyed through this podcast should be construed as medical advice. These conversations are available to...
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalMy guests today are some of the more important voices in birthwork in the United States today. Gail Tully is the founder of Spinning Babies®. Nicole Morales is a Spinning Babies® instructor and author of several books. Both of these women attend home births, and both fully embody informed consent and an individualized approach to maternity care. In this conversation, we get into positioning, movement, and breath to have a more easy birth, methods for getting your baby situated in the pelvis appropriately, and we even get into a soft debate around dogmatic concepts like “cardinal movements” and breech being a “variation of normal”. I love both Gail and Nicole so dearly, and I’m so excited that they’re going to be educated at the upcoming 2024 Born Free Twins-Breech. Grab your ticket before we fill up!Visit the show notes for more.Connect with Gail:WebsiteLinkedInInstagramConnect with Nicole:WebsiteInstagramLinkedInReference from the show:Dynamic Body Balancing by Dr. Carol PhillipsForward Leaning Inversion to help baby turn from breech to cephalicA Manual of Midwifery, 1886 textbookLevels of the PelvisS.A.F.E. technique for breech (Adrienne Caldwell)Side-lying release to help with asynclitismBreath and the pelvic floor with Julie Wiebe, PTBIRTHFIT online programs (code BORNFREE for 10% off)2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:Join 150 birth workers and 20+ amazing presenters in Louisville, August 8-11, to learn some new skills, make some new friends, and show up holistically for your birthing clients!Visit the website and...
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalDr. Motsei was one of my guides during a recent trip to South Africa to sit in a ceremony with Indigenous midwives through a program offered by my friend Sevonna Brown, National Director of Restore Forward. Sevonna has also been on the podcast. Mmatshilo is a prolific author, healer, and educator, and she will be a keynote speaker at the upcoming Born Free Twins-Breech Conference in Louisville. I am enrolled in her online program “African Spirituality of Childbirth”. In this flowing conversation, we talk about racism, colonization, and spirituality on her continent, using these themes to explore issues within maternal health and birthwork. This was one of my favorite interviews so far…Come, see, and hear from Dr. Motsei and a range of other educators at the 2024 Born Free Twins-Breech. Grab your ticket before we fill up!Visit the show notes for more.Connect with Mmatshilo:Websites: Afrika Ikalafe Pluriversity & Afrika IkalafeLinkedInInstagramReference from the show:Dr. Motsei’s booksFind out more about Dr. Motsei’s online course on the Afrikan Spirituality of ChildbirthGod is Not a Man interview with Aubrey Matshiqi (MOYA Podcast)The Power of Myth, by Joseph Campbell2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:Join 150 birth workers and 20+ amazing presenters in Louisville, August 8-11, to learn some new skills, make some new friends, and show up holistically for your birthing clients!Visit the website and registerConnect with Nathan:Instagram | Youtube | TiktokMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?My Online Courses:Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum SupportClear + Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPVThis episode was made possible by:Immune Intel AHCC® - code BELOVED10 for...
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalGuests: Sevonna Brown is a doula and national director of Restore ForwardHaize Hawke is a midwife in southern California and co-founder of The Victoria Project and The Bridge MidwivesThis conversation is exactly what the birth community needs to hear. Birthwork is the ultimate expression of some of human life's scariest yet most rapturous moments. One becomes the other, and, as such, birthwork itself is an initiation to sitting with the rite of passage of childbirth. In this wide-ranging conversation, we discuss initiation rites, ancestral lineages, and steps toward resolving horizontal violence in birthwork. A part of this requires we seek a definition of “expertise” beyond labels and credentials alone. Remember: death is on the line in any true rite of passage. What is the role of discomfort as we sit with birth? For us? For the families whom we serve?Sevonna and Haize will be MCing ("weavers of resonance") the upcoming Born Free Twins-Breech Conference in Louisville this August. Come meet them in person! Visit the website and registerVisit the show notes for more.Connect with Sevonna:WebsiteLinkedInInstagramXConnect with Haize:WebsiteLinkedInInstagramReference from the show:Film: The Business of Birth ControlFilm: The Business of Being BornLearn more about Sevonna and Haize’s work:The Bridge MidwivesRooted BirthRestore ForwardThe Victoria ProjectAfrika Ikalafe online training in African spirituality in childbirthConnect with Nathan:a...
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalYou will absolutely love this one! Mike and I have known each other for several years now. I helped him in his journey from boy to father, providing remote support to Mike and his wife through the birth of their little man Luca, and, in the process, I fell in love with this guy. Mike is a former world champion athlete turned conscious father. In this conversation, we go deep into the needs of men in a world that provides few tools for showing up presently and consciously. Visit the show notes for more.Connect with Mike:WebsitePodcast: The Path with Mike SalemiInstagramReference from the show:Sacred HuntingFrom the Core, by John WinelandFather-child play: A systematic review of its frequency, characteristics and potential impact on children’s developmentUse code BORNFREE20 to get 20% of either of Mike’s online exercise programs (Kettlebell Lifestyle & Athleticism 4 Life), which are good for everyone, from beginners through enthusiasts. (link → www.mikesalemi.io)2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:Join 150 birth workers and 20+ amazing presenters in Louisville, August 8-11, to learn some new skills, make some new friends, and show up holistically for your birthing clients!Visit the website and registerConnect with Nathan:Instagram | YoutubeMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?My Online Courses:Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum SupportClear + Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPVThis episode was made possible by:Immune Intel AHCC® - code BELOVED10 for 10% offWeNatal - Free bottle of fish oil with purchase of Him + Her prenatalsMedical Disclaimer: The Holistic OBGYN Podcast is an educational program. No information conveyed through this podcast should be construed as medical advice. These conversations are available to the public for educational and entertainment purposes only.Music provided by...
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalHeather and Karina are both parents, and their age gap has provided them sufficient life experience to see the glowing gap in care provided to new mothers in our society. Meeting this need is unlikely to come through allopathic medicine and its myriad of resources because they argue - as do I - that a holistic approach is required. After working for years with women utilizing skills they have picked up in the life and health coaching industry, they then turned their attention to writing a book, “The Way Holistic”, to help new moms (and dads) work with their own stories to become better parents and raise charismatic, healthy kiddos. If you are a mother (or plan to be a parent in the future!) there is a lot of wisdom shared in this conversation!Visit the show notes for more.Connect with Heather and Karina:Websites: Burn360holistichealth.com & Thewayholistic.com Instagram:- Burn360 Holistic Health, Heather Harvey-Chakraholisic, Karina Krepp-The Way Holistic Reference from the show:Caroline Myss, archetypesWork of Leonard Sax, MD, parentingCHEK Institute (to expand your education to include holistic lifestyle principles)2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:Join 150 birth workers and 20+ amazing presenters in Louisville, August 8-11, to learn some new skills, make some new friends, and show up holistically for your birthing clients!Visit the website and registerConnect with Nathan:Instagram | YoutubeMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?My Online Courses:Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum SupportClear + Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPVThis episode was made possible by:Immune Intel AHCC® - code BELOVED10 for 10% offa...
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalFadwah is a midwife practicing in Florida. She has attended countless births and has served in numerous local and national leadership committees to improve clients' births. As a result, she has been supporting the upcoming Born Free Twins-Breech Conference in Louisville, specifically by maximizing CEUs for attendees. In this episode, we discuss horizontal violence in birthwork, the miserable state of birth worker autonomy in the state of Florida, insurance versus direct-pay as an equitable solution for birthing families, and getting shit on within and without the “system”.Visit the show notes for more.Connect with Fadwah:LinkedInFacebook InstagramReference from the show:Birthing Models on the Human Rights Frontier: Speaking Truth to Power (Social Science Perspectives on Childbirth and Reproduction), edited by Betty-Anne Daviss and Robbie Davis-FloydEMTALA actACOG’s committee opinion on Planned Home BirthAverage costs of childbirthLearn more about Fadwah’s work:www.midwife360.comwww.birthequityresource.org2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:Join 150 birth workers and 20+ amazing presenters in Louisville, August 8-11, to learn some new skills, make some new friends, and show up holistically for your birthing clients!Visit the website and registerConnect with Nathan:Instagram | YoutubeMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?My Online Courses:Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum SupportClear + Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPVThis episode was made possible by:Immune Intel AHCC® - code BELOVED10 for 10% offa...
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalMark is sort of a… savant. He has written six books, several of which have become bestsellers. His latest publication is An End to Upside Down Medicine, which, like all of his books, is heavily cited and beautifully written. In this conversation, we touch on a few topics that can be a little confronting: vaccines, germ theory, healthcare economics, and materialism. Please approach this one with an open heart, because there’s a lot of juice in this squeeze!Visit the show notes for more. Video is available on Rumble given the nature of our conversation. Connect with Mark:WebsiteInstagramXReference from the show:Flexner Report of 1910Retracted COVID-19 mRNA vaccine article (Cureus)Dying to Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, to Near Death, to True Healing, by Anita MoorjaniThe Institute of Noetic SciencesLara Logan’s testimony to congress around censorship in the media 2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:Join 150 birth workers and 20+ amazing presenters in Louisville, August 8-11, to learn some new skills, make some new friends, and show up holistically for your birthing clients!Visit the website and registerConnect with Nathan:Instagram | YoutubeMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?My Online Courses:Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum SupportClear + Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPVThis episode was made possible by:Immune Intel AHCC® - code BELOVED10 for 10% offWeNatal - Free bottle of fish oil with purchase of Him + Her prenatalsMedical Disclaimer: The Holistic OBGYN Podcast is an educational program. No information...
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalDr. K and I met on social media, not the old-fashioned way. Interestingly, my experience with MFMs in my career was bittersweet. I valued their opinion and support in managing high-risk births, but their involvement almost always necessitated intervention by having gotten them involved. But Dr. Kia is different. What stood out to me was her advocacy for home birth. Yes, I’m just as shocked as you! This interview was longer than most because my online community fired dozens of questions that they hoped she would answer, and, in typical brilliant MFM fashion, she took them one by one in this frank, challenging conversation. Visit the show notes for more.Connect with Dr. K:WebsiteInstagramTikTokReference from the show:Lily Nichols’ blog on folate versus folic acidLily Nichols’ blog on cholineLily Nichols’ blog on organ meatsHistory of folic acid fortification in U.S. agricultural products2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:Join 150 birth workers and 20+ amazing presenters in Louisville, August 8-11, to learn some new skills, make some new friends, and show up holistically for your birthing clients!Visit the website and registerConnect with Nathan:Instagram | YoutubeMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?My Online Courses:Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum SupportClear + Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPVThis episode was made possible by:Immune Intel AHCC® - code BELOVED10 for 10% offWeNatal - Free bottle of fish oil with purchase of Him + Her prenatalsMedical Disclaimer: The Holistic OBGYN Podcast is an educational program. No information conveyed through this podcast should be construed as medical advice. These conversations are available to the public for educational and entertainment purposes only.Music provided by...
Carol Gautschi has been attending births in the Pacific Northwest for 48 years. Over this time, she has developed a truly holistic view of birth, including unique inquiries into the “why” behind malpresentation to begin with. I invited her onto the podcast for an exclusive audio interview ahead of her presentation at the 2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference to better understand her approach to "holistic nutrition", which is as much about food as it about other means of "nourishing" our persons, through emotional, mental, and spiritual means. She has continued teaching and attending births due to her calling to help birthworkers re-member the essence of this work. This one was a real honor to record!Come meet and learn from Carol at the 2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference happening in Louisville, KY, from August 8-11, 2024! She'll be joined by international keynote speakers Mmatshilo Motsei, PhD, and Doña Angelina Martinez Miranda, Kristine Lauria, CPM, the team from Breech Without Borders, the team from Spinning Babies, Stu Fischbein, MD, Tracey Vogel, MD, Hermine Hayes-Klein, JD, and many more presenters and speakers. Be sure to register soon, as spots are filling up quickly, and those who register earlier rather than later save money!www.BornFreeTwinsBreech.com
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalThe FDA has rescinded its approval of mesh placed vaginally for uterovaginal prolapse, yet many gynecologists continue this practice, and it comes at the cost of many women’s long-term health. My guest in this episode is not a healthcare provider and had no interest in women’s health until he started hearing stories of women injured by these procedures. He then started litigating on their behalf and made some friends in high places along the way, including gynecologists, urogynecologists, and many other women’s health practitioners trying to right the ship of history towards healing prolapse and healing the women who bring life into the world. Unlike many attorneys, Adam seems to be very empathetic towards women as a consequence of a career highlighted by innumerable “wins” through the legislative process for women harmed by vaginally-placed mesh procedures for prolapse. This one is an awesome listen!Visit the show notes for more.Connect with Adam:WebsiteReference from the show:Management of mesh complicationsResponse to Wall and Brown: “Commercial pressures and professional ethics: troubling revisions to the recent ACOG Practice Bulletins on surgery for pelvic organ prolapse", by Anne Weber, MDInformed consent cannot be obtained for use of vaginal mesh, by Anne Weber, MDThe Episode on the Obgyno Wino Podcast about Pelvic Organ Prolapse (will provide a link ) and Urinary Incontinence 2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:Join 150 birth workers and 20+ amazing presenters in Louisville, August 8-11, to learn some new skills, make some new friends, and show up holistically for your birthing clients!Visit the website and registerConnect with Nathan:Instagram | YoutubeMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?My Online Courses:Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum SupportClear + Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPVThis episode was made possible by:Immune Intel AHCC® - code BELOVED10 for 10% offWeNatal - Free bottle of fish oil with purchase of Him +...
The Episode was made possible by Immune Intel AHCC® & WeNatalBirthwork is a sacred calling. And as we accumulate life experience we can become more comfortable and present with birth, particularly when we begin to accumulate direct experience with the death of loved ones. Death and dying aren’t words that are typically used in a conversation about birth, but many women and their partners don’t experience as radical a confrontation with their own mortality outside of birth, which is a sacred rite of passage. Blyss Young is one of my closest mentors, and she was present for my first home birth, while I was in residency. Having gone through deep losses in succession in recent years, she was gracious enough to share her experiences with me in this very vulnerable and heart-opening conversation <3Visit the show notes for more.Connect with Blyss:WebsiteInstagramReference from the show:We don't "move on" from grief. We move forward with it, Nora McInerny's TED TalkThe Wild Edge of Sorrow: Rituals of Renewal and the Sacred Work of Grief, by Francis WellerThe Smell of Rain on Dust: Grief and Praise by Martín Prechtel2024 Born Free Twins-Breech Conference:Join 150 birth workers and 20+ amazing presenters in Louisville, August 8-11, to learn some new skills, make some new friends, and show up holistically for your birthing clients!Visit the website and registerConnect with Nathan:Instagram | YoutubeMidwife in need of collaboration?Want to consult with Nathan?My Online Courses:Born Free Method: Pregnancy and Postpartum SupportClear + Free: Your Holistic Solution to Persistent HPVThis episode was made possible by:Immune Intel AHCC® - code BELOVED10 for 10% offWeNatal - Free bottle of fish oil with purchase of Him + Her prenatalsMedical Disclaimer: The Holistic OBGYN Podcast is an educational program. No information conveyed through this podcast should be construed as medical advice. These conversations are available to the public for educational and entertainment purposes only.Music provided by EdvardGaresPremium / Pond5Send me a
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