#151 | Labor & Delivery: A Nurse Shares Why She Left Obstetrics

Down to Birth

English - March 09, 2022 10:00 - 27 minutes - 37.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 418 ratings
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"I don't have time for this today. My son has a soccer game. I am going to say that her baby's heart rate is decelerating and we need to do a c-section." This is just one of the many things Shelby, a nurse in Arizona, heard from doctors in labor & delivery when she worked on the maternity ward. This episode brings to light the very real fact that providers don't always have the laboring woman's best interest in mind. Instead, profits, time, and liability concerns drive many of the decisions leading to unnecessary birth interventions. Shelby joins us today to share what she witnessed in her years as a nurse and why she left obstetrics.

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