209 | Why don't hospitals have birth combs?
Episode 209 of the The Birth Class Podcast podcast, hosted by Fierce Lizzie, titled "209 | Why don't hospitals have birth combs?" was published on November 25, 2025 and runs 14 minutes.
November 25, 2025 ·14m · The Birth Class Podcast
Summary
Birth combs work. Moms swear by them. Thousands of unmedicated girlies have used them to cope through contractions and yet hospitals don’t have a single one on the unit. Why?In this episode, I break down the real reason hospitals skip the simplest, cheapest, most mom-approved coping tool: because it isn’t billable, it isn’t profitable, and it isn’t “evidence-based” by their standards. And this tells us a lot about the hospital setting as unmedicated girlies.---Join Unmedicated Academyunmedicatedgirlies.com
Episode Description
Birth combs work. Moms swear by them. Thousands of unmedicated girlies have used them to cope through contractions and yet hospitals don’t have a single one on the unit. Why?
In this episode, I break down the real reason hospitals skip the simplest, cheapest, most mom-approved coping tool: because it isn’t billable, it isn’t profitable, and it isn’t “evidence-based” by their standards. And this tells us a lot about the hospital setting as unmedicated girlies.
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