Dr. Stu’s Podcast #136: It’s Personal & Professional

In this edition of the Birthing Instincts podcast, Blyss and Dr. Stu share their backstory. How did we end up here in Blyss’s kitchen? Dr. Stu’s Dumb Doctor Dogma segment shows the dogma is systemwide and an idyllic breech home birth in the canyon and a sweet letter of gratitude from breech parents remind us of the beauty and awe of birth.

28 Huhti 20211h

Ruby slippers aside, on this opening episode of the Birthing instincts podcast Blyss and Dr. Stu explore and discuss the differences between the home birth midwifery model of care and the hospital medical model of care. Success, safety & satisfaction all matter. We debut our new Midwife Wisdom and Dumb Doctor Dogma segments and catch up on births and letters as usual. Welcome to our podcast.

21 Huhti 20211h 1min

Blyss and Dr. Stu talk birth and take a refreshing plunge into listener questions on hypertension in pregnancy, a new editorial supportive of the home birth option in slate.com and more on breeches & twins. Dr. Stu sat for a Welsh documentary, and Xander gets his first bath.

14 Huhti 202157min

Lest we forget in the midst of all the craziness! It is the simple things sometimes. Dr. Stu went to the movies!! But had to drive 450 miles to do it. Blyss @birthingblyssmidwifery joines Dr. Stu to discuss lockdown malevolence, data on 1st twin breech, & interlocking heads, putting “stuff” into our bodies could be reckless and the latest in other birth and health common sense.

14 Huhti 20211h 1min

Listening to this episode may expose you to logic and reasoning. Blyss Joins Dr. Stu on a variety of topics affecting the birthing world. Privacy, thrombocytopenia in pregnancy, more virus updates, and some parallels on how we treat aging and the birthing are on the breakfast table.

14 Huhti 20211h

Blyss and I discuss current topics affecting the birth world. Risks of cesarean section, Covid-19 vaccination in pregnancy update, another loss of choice for LA moms, and intermittent monitoring are on the breakfast table.

14 Huhti 20211h 2min

Back on with Blyss! Since when did speaking out become a health hazard? We will catch up and talk pros and cons of midwife licensing, vaccination for young women and listener correspondence. An excellent new documentary is out on a pioneer in fetal health.

14 Huhti 202159min

Blyss is on her way home from Hawaii so Dr. Stu talks on twins, IUGR, placentas, breech and more Medical Board malfeasance. Reader letters, the latest news and a nod to the "mishpoche".

14 Huhti 20211h 1min