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Birthing Instincts

The birth world can be overwhelming for parents and practitioners alike. Dr. Stuart Fischbein and Midwife Blyss Young and their combined 55+ years of experience are here to support you in this beautiful rite of passage. Join the weekly conversation as we blend wisdom and humor in discussing our recent births, the latest research, traditional healing, and instinctual birth.

#360 Some Clarity To The Confusion of Rashes In Pregnancy

109 hours 30 mins; May 08, 2024

#359 Unraveling the Legal Wrangling & Strangling of Midwifery

96 hours 47 mins; May 01, 2024

#358 Homebirth Safety: What to Believe?

96 hours 19 mins; April 24, 2024

#357 "Born At Home", A New Documentary

90 hours 40 mins; April 17, 2024

#356 A Look Back at the History of U.S. Childbirth

87 hours 40 mins; April 10, 2024

#355 Letters & Twins & Breeches, Oh My

88 hours 0 mins; April 03, 2024

#354 SSRI Mythology: Bundling or Bungling

106 hours 25 mins; March 27, 2024

#353 Is There An Ideal Interpregnancy Interval?

86 hours 33 mins; March 20, 2024

#352 Regulatory Overreach & What Is Going On In Hawaii

90 hours 36 mins; March 13, 2024

#351 The Second Stage: Immediate or Delayed Pushing

78 hours 16 mins; March 06, 2024

#350 A Sustainable Life & Natural Fertility with Aleks Evanguelidi

93 hours 12 mins; February 28, 2024

#349 Home Birth with Type 1 Diabetes

95 hours 27 mins; February 21, 2024

#348 A Conversation with NAPRO Obstetrician Naomi Whittaker

96 hours 23 mins; February 14, 2024

#347 Hospital as Savior

95 hours 40 mins; February 07, 2024

#346 The One Hour Prenatal Visit

88 hours 58 mins; January 31, 2024

#345 Hard Truths About Placental Abruption

79 hours 34 mins; January 24, 2024

#344 The Cervix May Be Insufficient But Incompetence Is Everywhere

98 hours 42 mins; January 17, 2024

#343 Fear is a Thief

87 hours 45 mins; January 10, 2024

#342 Dr. Stu's End of the Year Leftovers

67 hours 10 mins; January 03, 2024

#341 Overcoming Obstacles: A Twin Birth Story

94 hours 59 mins; December 27, 2023

#340 Unraveling Genetic Screening

96 hours 13 mins; December 20, 2023

#339 Early Pregnancy Loss

98 hours 49 mins; December 13, 2023

#338 Breech Birth Finally Explained

97 hours 24 mins; December 06, 2023

#337 Labor is Not a Toothache

85 hours 28 mins; November 29, 2023

#336 Support & Sanctity of the Birth Space

108 hours 23 mins; November 22, 2023

#335 Faith Filled Birth: An interview with Tara Menzies

78 hours 44 mins; November 15, 2023

#334 Transcending the Surface, the Benefits of Meditation

106 hours 6 mins; November 08, 2023

#333 "Erring on the Side of Caution" - Trick or Treat?

82 hours 5 mins; November 01, 2023

#332 Influenza & Pregnancy, Data vs. Dogma

88 hours 6 mins; October 25, 2023

#331 Who Owns the Word "Midwife"?

85 hours 25 mins; October 18, 2023

#330 The Time To End The Emphasis On Due Dates Is Overdue

98 hours 21 mins; October 11, 2023

The Remembering: Debut Episode of At Her Feet

58 mins; October 06, 2023

#329 The Common Denominator is Isolation

90 hours 21 mins; October 04, 2023

#328 Dear Hospitals, When We Need You, Where Are You?

90 hours 22 mins; September 27, 2023

#327 Interesting Stuff about Fibroids

92 hours 5 mins; September 20, 2023

#326 Do Current Medical Guidelines Make Us Safer?

87 hours 27 mins; September 13, 2023

#325 A Walk Through History with Farm OG Midwife, Pamela Hunt

80 hours 53 mins; September 06, 2023

#324 A Gathering of Birth Nerds

90 hours 16 mins; August 30, 2023

#323 Nothing About Shoulder Dystocia is Predictable

94 hours 19 mins; August 23, 2023

#322 An Ectopic Podcast on Ectopic Pregnancy

85 hours 16 mins; August 16, 2023

#321 What Happened to the Precautionary Principle?

78 hours 42 mins; August 09, 2023

#320 The Ripples are Spreading

83 hours 52 mins; August 02, 2023

#319 The Downsides of Cesarean Section

78 hours 42 mins; July 26, 2023

#318 Your Cholestasis Questions Answered…Finally!

86 hours 46 mins; July 19, 2023

#317 The Seduction of Induction

99 hours 57 mins; July 12, 2023

#316 Reclaiming Birth with Dr. Sara Wickham

93 hours 19 mins; July 05, 2023

#315 Advanced Maternal Age: Debunking Myths

81 hours 24 mins; June 28, 2023

#314 Low Platelets & Deficiencies of Wisdom

64 hours 16 mins; June 21, 2023

#313 Comforting Truths About Low Lying Placenta

80 hours 13 mins; June 14, 2023

#312 Activating Your Inner Jaguar with Kimberly Ann Johnson

73 hours 3 mins; June 07, 2023

#311 Low Hanging Fruit: The Marketing of our Health

59 mins; June 01, 2023

#310 Together Again

61 hours 12 mins; May 27, 2023

#309 The Amazing Umbillical Cord

77 hours 18 mins; May 17, 2023

#308 Posterior Babies & Fist Bumps

69 hours 58 mins; May 10, 2023

#307 The Born Free Method: Returning to Instinctual Birth with Dr. Nathan Riley & Midwife Sara Rosser

86 hours 52 mins; May 03, 2023

#306 What ARE Obstetricians Taught in Medical School?

70 hours 4 mins; April 26, 2023

#305 IVF: Beyond Embryos on Ice with Nathalie Rojas

80 hours 57 mins; April 19, 2023

#304 Against Medical Advice: A CF Mama’s Home Birth Success

87 hours 34 mins; April 12, 2023

#303 Molar Pregnancy and Other Oddities

64 hours 9 mins; March 29, 2023

#302 Will Anyone Ever Be Held Accountable?

71 hours 15 mins; March 22, 2023

#301 Medical Controversies & Fellow Traveler Stories with Dr. Stu

68 hours 4 mins; March 15, 2023

#300 From Miracle Births to Nonprofit Clinics: Stories from Bali with Ibu Robin Lim

93 hours 46 mins; March 08, 2023

#299 Medical Brainwashing

74 hours 54 mins; March 01, 2023

#298 Why Half of Our Children Have Chronic Diseases: Insights from Pediatrician Dr. Joel Gator Warsh

87 hours 39 mins; February 22, 2023

#297 The Light & Dark Sides of Ultrasound

77 hours 5 mins; February 15, 2023

#296 Debunking High-Risk Pregnancies: Making Informed Decisions with Kelly Rain Gross

91 hours 39 mins; February 08, 2023

#295 Creating Optimal Nutrition for Expecting Parents with Julie Sawaya

81 hours 5 mins; February 01, 2023

#294 Group B Strep: Prioritizing Agenda Over Science

70 hours 48 mins; January 25, 2023

#293 The Midwife Trial in Nebraska with Defense Attorney Hermine Hayes-Klein

89 hours 19 mins; January 18, 2023

#292 How We Birth Impacts Breastfeeding with Chelsea Poyo-Nieto

88 hours 42 mins; January 11, 2023

#291 Triumphant Birth Stories

74 hours 37 mins; December 28, 2022

#290 Disrupting the U.S. Maternity System with the Directors of ‘Born Free’

76 hours 40 mins; December 21, 2022

#289 ‘Black Adam’ & ‘Sex/Life’ Star Sarah Shahi on Choosing Home Birth

69 hours 50 mins; December 14, 2022

#288 Continuity of Care with Naomi Drucker

63 hours 17 mins; December 07, 2022

#287 You Can Say ‘No’ with Ethicist Dr. Jen Dunatov

79 hours 9 mins; November 30, 2022

#286 Velamentous Cord Insertion: Asked & Answered

44 mins; November 23, 2022

#285 Hey Joe Rogan: Home Birth Isn’t Dangerous

49 mins; November 14, 2022

#284 Bodily Autonomy & Bad Information with Dr. Stu

57 mins; November 09, 2022

#283 All Things Amniotic Fluid

78 hours 49 mins; November 02, 2022

#282 A New Paradigm of Maternity Care

73 hours 15 mins; October 26, 2022

#281 What’s the Deal with Meconium

75 hours 18 mins; October 19, 2022

#280 The Truth About Non-Experts Who Criticize Home Birth

73 hours 1 min; October 12, 2022

#279 Nourishing The Feminine with John Wineland

74 hours 0 mins; October 05, 2022

#278 Red Flags When Choosing a Practitioner with Cynthia Overgard & Trisha Ludwig

81 hours 57 mins; September 28, 2022

#277 The Light & Dark of Birth Work

79 hours 4 mins; September 20, 2022

#276 RhoGAM + Rh Factor Explained

66 hours 24 mins; September 14, 2022

#275 What's the Evidence on Herpes in Pregnancy?

75 hours 15 mins; September 07, 2022

#274 I Remember Every Detail

79 hours 6 mins; August 31, 2022

#273 What We Say and The Way We Say It

81 hours 48 mins; August 24, 2022

#272 Medical Gaslighting and More Lies

69 hours 8 mins; August 17, 2022

#271 It’s Everyone’s Business! A Conversation with Abby & Ricki

72 hours 54 mins; August 10, 2022

#270 Varied Letters With a Common Theme

71 hours 49 mins; August 03, 2022

#269 Stupid Is the New Smart

69 hours 22 mins; July 27, 2022

#268 Against All Odds: A Birth Worker’s Journey with Lindsey Meehleis

65 hours 4 mins; July 20, 2022

#267 We Are The High Ground!

71 hours 50 mins; July 13, 2022

#266 The Normalization of Deviance

85 hours 21 mins; July 06, 2022

#265 Live from Santa Barbara, it's Thursday Night!

69 hours 16 mins; June 29, 2022

#264 Bleeding in Pregnancy and Postpartum

92 hours 51 mins; June 22, 2022

#263 Different Country, Same Issues with Sally Anne Beresford

60 hours 34 mins; June 15, 2022

#262 They Just Keep Doing That

65 hours 50 mins; June 08, 2022

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