Choosing Your Care Provider: Finding Someone Who Supports Your Vision

Your care provider shapes your entire birth experience and yet most of us choose one the same way we choose a dentist. Whoever was recommended, whoever was covered, whoever had availability. This episode is about changing that. Because the way your provider speaks to you in a 15-minute prenatal appointment is a preview of how they will show up when you are in your most vulnerable moment.

In this episode:

• Why you are allowed to switch providers, even at 33 weeks pregnant
• The difference between an OB and a midwife and what each typically offers
• Why the provider who attends your birth may not be the one you prepared with and how to prepare for that
• What hospital nurses typically do and don't bring to unmedicated labor and why your support team fills that gap
• The specific questions that reveal a provider's true philosophy
• Red flags that sound reasonable on the surface but tell you everything you need to know
• Why your guaranteed support people matter more than whoever happens to be on call

Find the free Provider Interview Questions Guide for this episode at sacredbirthway.com