Birth: Eight Women's Stories (1993)

Birth centers are often called “unsafe.” But the research says otherwise… For healthy, low-risk pregnancies, planned birth center births have been shown to have excellent outcomes for both mothers and babies — while dramatically lowering unnecessary interventions like cesareans, inductions, and epidurals. In the National Birth Center Study II (15,000 births), the cesarean rate was just 6% with no maternal deaths. Outcomes for babies were comparable to low-risk hospital births. Birth centers aren

This one makes me laugh and cry at the same time 🥲 Because too many providers don’t even know what physiological birth IS - let alone how to support it. If your OB’s answer sounds like a shrug - babes, that’s your cue to ask deeper questions. Because you deserve a provider who sees birth as natural first, medical only when necessary. ✨ On The Birth Prep Podcast, I teach you how to pressure-test your provider and spot red flags so you don’t get stuck with someone who undermines your plan. Tune i