A Better Next Birth Podcast Edition

From "Lies and Coercion" to Bad-Assed-Ness: Christie and Mark's Better Next Birth


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Christie and Mark faced “coercion and lies” during their hospital birth. They were pressured into doing things they said “NO!” to and they capitulated under duress. Today, we hear how they directed their next birth with a bitchin'-level of control and loved their experience.


In this episode, host midwife Phyllis “Kayti” Buehler, Licensed Midwife in Carlsbad, CA, interviews Christie and Mark Green, a mother and father who share their traumatic first birth experience and the redemptive empowering next birth of baby #2.


Topics discussed:

  • How to speak with medical professional when it feels like you're going against their grain
  • VBAC and Repeat C-Section
  • How to Have an Empowered C-Section
  • Pre-Eclampsia
  • The Midwifery Model of Care
  • Researching the midwifery model of care empowered Christie and Mark to pursue a different birth experience. Christie's research led them to midwife Kayti at Birth Local Midwifery and the midwifery model of care, which differed significantly from their previous experience.

    Christie's shares newfound empowerment in her choices from her second pregnancy.


    Kayti’s midwifery practice: www.birthlocal.com

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    A Better Next Birth is a production of See Midwives LLC.  Host Licensed Midwife Phyllis "Kayti" Buehler talks with families who had births they felt good about after hard or disappointing birth experiences.  All rights reserved.  Copyright 2023 by P. Kayti Buehler.  Please request copy and give credit if partial or complete clips are taken.

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    A Better Next Birth Podcast EditionBy Kayti Buehler, Licensed Midwife (California), Certified Professional Midwife (U.S.)