70. Hospital Trauma, C Sections and Why You Should Give Birth at Home with Dr Nathan Riley

Is giving birth at home SAFER than in a hospital? Every woman has the right to choose the birth that suits her whether it's in hospital, at home and with or without interventions. But are we too quick to hand over our bodies to the medical system, can you really trust you’ll have the best birth experience possible? Dr Nathan Riley is an OBGYN, home birth doctor and holistic gynaecologist advocating that 85% of births should take place outside of the hospital setting. After developing frustration with how hospital's de-humanised the birth experience, he set up his private practice Beloved Holistics where he provides advice and services for the entire baby-making journey from conception to post natal using functional medicine, nutrition, exercise and lifestyle coaching. If you're wondering how to have the best birth experience, you can't miss this eye opening episode! Don't miss these Every woman has the right to choose the birth that suits them whether its in a hospital, at home, with an epidural or with c section! But are we too quick to hand over our bodies to the medical system, can you really trust you’ll have the best birth experience possible? Dr Nathan Riley is an OBGYN, home birth doctor and holistic gynaecologist advocating that 85% of births should take place outside of the hospital setting. 10:30 - The medical system fails to look upstream of fertility issues 13:30 - Out of hospital birth vs in hospital birth 28:00 The role of doctors and nurses in your birth experience 32:30 - Rising C Section rates and the long term issues 43:00 - What driving factors for doctors to intervene during the birthing process, sometimes unnecessarily 49:00 - The beauty of a home birth under the mothers terms 53:00 - How to overcome the idea of birth at home without an epidural! 1:03:00 - The post natal advice we’re often not told