158. MyMaine Birth: Hospital Trauma and the Pull Towards Free Birth, a doctor's honest perspective with Nathan Riley, OBGYN
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Freebirth and unassisted birth are getting more attention for a reason, and the most useful place to start is not with outrage but with curiosity.
When families move away from hospital birth, it often has less to do with rejecting modern medicine and more to do with a loss of trust after feeling unheard, touched without true consent, or treated as “room two” instead of a person.
This episode explores the gap between being kept safe by technology and feeling safe in care, a difference that can shape labor progress, trauma, and long-term wellbeing.
Dr. Nathan Riley describes…
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