EP59: Pregnant? Tips for Giving Birth from Famed OB/GYN Dr. Bootstaylor

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Are you pregnant? Do you know someone who is? Anticipating childbirth can be scary! Dr. Bootstaylor is giving tips for giving birth, how to ask the right questions to your provider, and keeping your power in the delivery room.

Host Allison Hare talks to Dr. Brad Bootstaylor, the award-winning double board-certified OB/GYN and perinatologist of See Baby Practices in Atlanta, Georgia helping empower pregnant mothers with their critical birth decisions. Dr. Brad Bootstaylor is also the author of the book Shared Decision Making. Dr. Brad Bootstaylor talks about his professional mission, maternal mortality, positioning birth choices for mothers-to-be, and also questions for people to ask providers in order to advocate for themselves. 

Episode Highlights:

Dr. Brad Bootstaylor shares his background being double-boarded. Allison shares her own personal pregnancy experiences and how she was introduced to Dr. Brad Bootstaylor. He discusses birth discussion issues patients have had. What is his professional mission? Serena Williams and Mark Cuban have invested $3 million in a start-up app called Mahmee for real-time access to providers. What are some good questions for people to ask providers in order to advocate for themselves? Dr. Brad Bootstaylor shares the benefits of empowering patients with data. How did he choose this path? What has caused C-section rates to increase over the last 40 years? What are the things he sees being recommended to patients? Dr. Brad Bootstaylor talks about the 10-question provider app. What are the benefits and guidance for making better pregnancy choices? Is he seeing any trends with older moms coming in? What is next for Dr. Brad Bootstaylor?Allison Hare and Dr. Brad Bootstaylor discuss pregnancy myths.

3 Key Points

Dr. Brad Bootstaylor uses information technology, decision-making, neural networks, and artificial intelligence to develop a real-time platform or mobile app that allows the mother to have a balanced conversation based on real information versus the provider’s preference. Dr. Brad Bootstaylor was voted Atlanta’s Best Doctor for the 9th year in a row. In 1970, C-Section rates in the United States were 10%. Now the rate is over 31%, and even higher in the state of Georgia.

Resources Mentioned:

I’d love to hear back from you. Text me at 470.242.6311. Subscribe to this podcast, SHARE, and find me everywhere at Allison’s Linktree.Allison Hare’s Blog: Sticky Notes BlogDr. Brad Bootstaylor Social Media: LinkedinSee Baby: seebaby.orgBook: Shared Decision Making by Dr. Brad Bootstaylor