Show notes:

[1:37] How did he shift from his medical background to what he does now?

[6:47] What are the differences between home and hospital births?

[14:32] What exactly are midwives?

[18:45] What are the most important things to having successful births?

[23:41] What is a good postpartum support?

[28:30] How long should a breastfeeding duration be?

[35:37] When to consider having a C-section?

[41:29] What’s his advice for women’s health in general?

[44:15] Where to find Nathan

[47:06] Outro

Who is Dr. Nathan Riley?

Nathan Riley, MD, is a board-certified OB-GYN and fellow of ACOG who left the medical industrial complex due to his disillusionment with the “standard of care” within the conventional maternity care model. This was hard because “going with the flow” of hospital-based practice was providing him with financial security. On the other hand, standing in his truth from having sat with over 1,000 births and connecting with women and their families has provided him a lifestyle more in alignment with fatherhood, deepening his connection with his wife and caring for people in the way that he had anticipated long before stepping into practice.

Dr. Riley now focuses his time on upholding the traditional practice of midwifery. He supports midwives as a collaborative physician for midwives of all varieties in over twenty states. He is an advocate for home births and still attends births for those in need. He boasts a c-section rate of