The Unmedicated Girlies | Empowered + Informed Birth Education with Fierce Lizzie

Why are so many babies born in September? And why are the least babies born on major holidays? In this episode I share a few reasons why that is and describe the common hospital coercion tactic of the holiday induction.

In this episode I discuss:

-why more babies are conceived in winter

-the covid baby boom

-the most popular and least popular birthdays of the year

-two reasons so few babies are born on Christmas

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Birthday Chart

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Hyperemesis gravidarum is not the same as morning sickness. And HG moms everywhere want you to know the differences. In this episode, Ashley and I compare the differences in regular old morning sickness and HG. And Ashley shares her story of being a first time mom with HG and how she managed it unmedicated.

In this episode, we discuss:

-How to know if you have HG

-Ashley’s experience with exactly when HG started and how long it lasted

-What she could and couldn’t eat

-The key to managing her HG without drugs

-One thing she would have done differently

-Ashley’s tips for other HG moms

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What is jaundice, how does the hospital handle it and what are your options? Jessica from @motherbabynursejessica and author of Once Baby's Here talks through all things jaundice and how you can be more empowered if jaundice interventions come up for you.

In this episode we discuss:

-understanding what juandice is

-the routine protocol and options for jaundice treatment

-questions to ask if jaundice comes up

-how to be more informed once baby is here

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Advocacy to avoid the NICU stay

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Once Baby's Here

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Or at least we all want the benefits of it. Don't hate me for this one but I do think all moms would choose unmedicated birth if they weren't lacking the confidence in their abilities.

In this episode I discuss:

-how "give me the drugs" becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy

-that our society treats pain and discomfort

-the birth most moms know isn't truly birth

-the story of a mom who said she didn't want an unmedicated birth

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Okay, maybe not all traumatic birth can be pinned on Henry Ford. However, traumatic births that are a result of the typical cascade of interventions that we see in the hospital are absolutely due to the fact that birth has now become an assembly line production.

In this episode, I discuss:

-what motivated moving birth from home to hospital

-how prenatal care is similar to a model t assembly line

-prenatal care as a warm up to your birth

-how you can take control and break the assembly line

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5 way empowered moms take control of their birth

The bait & switch is actually illegal in the advertising world, and it should be illegal in the birth world too. Listen to learn about three different ways the bait & switch can happen so that you are more prepared!

In this episode I discuss:

-examples of the bait & switch in the real world

-what a bait & switch looks like in birth

-provider and birth center examples

-my own experience with bait & switch in the hospital

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Episode 77: Birth centers aren't what they seem

Episode 48: My first birth and what I know now

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Feeling empowered isn't the same as being empowered. And I can explain exactly what I meant with how my first "faux-empowered" birth went down.

In this episode I discuss:

-the definition of empowered

-how pitocin supports the hospital

-what it takes to be truly empowered

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My first birth, listen to episode 48 for more on what I would have done differently

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I recently started rewatching Grey’s Anatomy, a series that started in 2005 based around the lives of surgeons, and in just the first few episodes, it is a great peek into the brain of an OB. Listen in as I talk about the big differences between an OB and a midwife. 

Mentioned on show:

Episode 34: Finding your unicorn OB

Episode 77: Birth centers aren't always what they seem

Episode 17: We want the midwifery model

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