About this episode

Amanda Briscoe shares her journey of gaining confidence through three different birth experiences.

What does it look like to grow in confidence as a mom from one birth to the next? In this episode, I sit down with my friend Amanda, who shares her journey of having three very different births — first in the hospital with an OB, then in the hospital with midwives, and most recently in a birth center. We talk about what it felt like to hand over decisions to her doctor the first time, how she began advocating for herself the second time (even against pushback from nurses), and the freedom and...

People in this episode

Host: Allison Roose

Guest: Amanda Briscoe

Topics covered

• birth experiences
• maternal confidence
• self-advocacy
• hospital birth
• birth center
• midwifery

Keywords

• birth
• confidence
• self-advocacy
• hospital
• midwives
• birth center
• maternal health

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OB, midwives, birth center

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