It Starts At Birth

Part 2 - Questions to Ask Your Midwife

Narrow in on the midwife that is right for your pregnancy and birthing journey with the help of the list of questions provided in this episode. Do you have any fears or concerns? These talking points will help you to address them with your chosen care provider. Download now!

 

Links to reports and articles referenced in this episode:

WISE - Having a baby in the US? Hospital, midwife, and delivery costs

https://wise.com/us/blog/cost-of-having-a-baby-in-united-states

 

Mama Natural - What Does Birth Cost in the U.S.?

https://www.mamanatural.com/birth-cost/

 

UCSF - High-Risk Pregnancy

https://www.ucsfhealth.org/conditions/high-risk-pregnancy

 

 

CDC - Births - Method of Delivery

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/delivery.htm

 

 

World Health Organization - WHO statement on caesarean section rates

https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/maternal_perinatal_health/cs-statement/en/

 

 

 

Part 1 - Questions to Ask Your Midwife

If you are leaning towards working with a midwife for your prenatal care, then this episode is for you. You'll be provided with a list of questions that will help you to confidently narrow in on the midwife that is right for your pregnancy and birthing journey. Start listening now! 

 

Links to reports and articles referenced in this episode: 

AMA - State law chart: Certified Professional Midwife Scope of Practice

https://www.ama-assn.org/sites/ama-assn.org/files/corp/media-browser/specialty%20group/arc/direct-entry-midwife-state-chart-practice-information-2016.pdf

 

AL.com - Midwives can legally deliver Alabama babies for first time in decades as state issues licenses

https://www.al.com/news/2019/01/midwives-can-legally-deliver-alabama-babies-for-first-time-in-decades-as-state-issues-licenses.html

 

Medical Association of the State of Alabama - Save Alabama Moms 

https://alabamamedicine.org/savealmoms/#1574275876665-d31d3f11-4493

 

The National Academic Press - The Consequences of Maternal Morbidity and Maternal Mortality: Report of a Workshop 

https://www.nap.edu/read/9800/chapter/2

 

AL.com - Alabama has third-highest death rate of mothers in the nation, new federal report says

https://www.al.com/news/2020/02/alabama-has-third-highest-death-rate-of-mothers-in-the-nation-new-federal-report-says.html

 

UCSF - High-Risk Pregnancy

https://www.ucsfhealth.org/conditions/high-risk-pregnancy

 

 

 

 

Ending the Stigma of Speaking Out

There are a variety of reasons that women speak out after giving birth. Often traumatic or belittling experiences lead them to become vocal about what needs to improve for mothers in the future or else to find solutions for themselves. 


Unfortunately, women who share their alternative viewpoints are too often labeled and stigmatized. On this episode of It Starts at Birth, Mark and Faith discuss the perspective from major health organizations around the world and concerning statistics in the U.S. which support the importance of the message these women are bold enough to share. 

Links to reports and articles referenced in this episode: 

PMC - Trends and State Variations in Out-of-Hospital Births in the United States, 2004-2017

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6642827/

 

CDC - First Data Released on Maternal Mortality in Over a Decade

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/nchs_press_releases/2020/202001_MMR.htm

 

American Action Forum - Maternal Mortality in the United States 

https://www.americanactionforum.org/insight/maternal-mortality-in-the-united-states/

 

Maternal Health Task Force - Maternal Health in the United States

https://www.mhtf.org/topics/maternal-health-in-the-united-states/

 

AIHW - Maternal deaths in Australia

https://knoema.com/atlas/United-Kingdom/Maternal-mortality-ratio

 

KNOEMA - United Kingdom - Maternal mortality ratio

https://knoema.com/atlas/United-Kingdom/Maternal-mortality-ratio

 

The World Health Organization - The case for midwifery

https://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/topics/quality-of-care/midwifery/case-for-midwifery/en/

 

Global Health Workforce Alliance - Midwife-led care delivers positive pregnancy and birth outcomes

https://www.who.int/workforcealliance/media/news/2013/midwifecochrane/en/

Part 3 of Questions to Ask Your OBGYN

Faith and Mark conclude the miniseries: Questions to Ask Your OBGYN.

Part 2 of Questions to Ask Your OBGYN

Faith and Mark talk about questions 3 and 4 to ask your OBGYN.

Part 1 of Questions to ask your OBGYN

Faith and Mark talk about 2 of the 6 questions Faith would ask her OBGYN.

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