#31 - Stuart Fischbein, MD: Freedom to Birth On Your Terms

Stuart Fischbein, MD was Board Certified in 1989 and became a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology in 1990. He has been a practicing obstetrician in Southern California since completing his residency in 1986. His practice upholds the midwifery model of care. He has served as a backup consultant to many home and birthing center midwives for 25 years. In 1996 he founded The Woman’s Place for Health, Inc., a collaborative hospital-based practice of Certified Nurse Midwives and Obstetricians in Ventura County, California. Stu is the author of a book and a variety of papers on home birth. Dr. Fischbein has been the recipient of a variety of awards. He has spoken internationally on breech and vaginal birth after cesarean section and has appeared in many documentaries. He is an outspoken advocate of informed decision making, the midwifery model of care and human rights in childbirth. He has the goals of improving collaboration amongst the differing professions in the birthing world and the re-teaching of the core skills, such as breech and twin vaginal birth, that make the specialty of obstetrics unique. [00:05:38] - Inadequacies of residency training [00:09:14] - Why Stu went into the practice of OBGYN [00:17:14] - Sentimental feelings from most midwives around the country [00:17:45] - Dr. Stu’s practices [00:26:51] - My Birth Experience of Twins [00:35:41] - Dr. Stu’s advice to women [00:37:25] - Medical Freedom (Covid, Vaccines and more) [01:05:16] - Oral Boards [01:12:32] - What are Dr. Stu’s future plans? References & Links: Birthing Instincts - Website, Podcast, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter Stu’s papers: Homebirth with an Obstetrician, A Series of 135 Out of Hospital Births Breech birth at home: outcomes of 60 breech and 109 cephalic planned home and birth center birth Case Report: A Maneuver for Head Entanglement in Term Breech/Vertex Twins. Stu’s book: “Fearless Pregnancy, Wisdom & Reassurance from a Doctor, a Midwife and a Mom.” Evidence Based Birth, Ep #204: Refuting the Spread of Misinformation Online About COVID, with Dr. Stacy De-Lin Big thanks to our sponsor! Waveblock: https://www.waveblock.com (Use Code “BELOVED” for 10% offon their EMF-blocking technologies) Show Notes | Donate Music by: Labrinth, Chancha Via Circuito, and Joaquín Cornejo --- Send in a voice message:...