💬 Protecting first time parents from the realities of childbirth comes at a price. Not knowing how difficult it can be often leaves them unprepared - feeling guilty if it doesn’t go “perfectly”.

⚡With all the misinformation around - and shockingly high maternal mortality rates in the US - Dr Jennifer Lincoln has decided to take childbirth into her own hands. The social media educator has just released The Birth Book: An OB-GYN’s Guide to Demystifying Labor and Delivery.

🎧 Stay tuned to find out:

➡ What a “normal” labour really looks like

➡︎ What you can say “no” to during labour (Hint: anything)

➡︎ The truth about epidurals, C-sections and natural birth

➡︎ That children can be healthy no matter how childbirth goes

➡︎ Why the US is the highest rich nation for maternal mortality

➡︎ How 1 in 3 births cause psychological trauma for the mum

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📕 Chapters

(0:00) Introduction - We need to be realistic about childbirth

(2:10) How should women really prepare for birth?

(3:27) Are doctors good patients when it comes to childbirth?

(5:16) What does a normal first time labour really look like?

(7:11) How to know when it’s time to go to the hospital

(8:28) Should you pack a hospital bag?

(10:07) What it really means to induce labour

(14:09) Is there a best birthing position?

(16:37) What can you say “no” to?

(18:54) How to tell the difference between optional and necessary interventions

(20:23) How different is second time labour?

(22:38) What to do when a baby’s breach

(24:22) Why you shouldn’t feel guilty about an epidural

(28:51) Does vaginal seeding help?

(29:25) Conversations to have before labour starts

(31:56) The problem of “maternity deserts” in the US

(34:52) Why maternal mortality is so high in the US

(35:57) Why do black women have the worst childbirth outcomes?

(39:16) What to consider if you’re having a homebirth

(40:09) Why traumatic births are much more common than we realise

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