Womb Led Woman Podcast 15. How to Have an Empowered Birth with HeHe Stewart
Birth should be a judgement-free zone where you feel informed, empowered and heard. Often times, it is not this way. In fact, 40-60% of new parents walk away with birth trauma, and the rate of unnecessary and unwanted C-sections is out of control in the US. Our guest HeHe Stewart is a Family Life Educator with 10 years of experience in supporting families, an Infant Feeding Specialist, and Birth/Postpartum Doula. She created The Birth Lounge, which teaches pregnant folks how to have an informed and confident birth, and reduce the risk of C section with research-backed childbirth education.
We discuss:
- Why maternal mortality rates and unnecessary C-section rates are so high in the US compared to other countries
- How HeHe went from being an early childhood educator to becoming so passionate about sovereign childbirth
- The most important things you need to know before choosing which hospital and medical provider to birth with
- You can say "no" to hospital policies and the doctor's recommendations!
- How to make informed decisions for yourself as a pregnant person
- How to be in control during your birth
- How to have an empowered and informed C section
- What is a "birth plan" (or birth preferences sheet)
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