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Dr Stuart Fischbein and Brian Whitman teach you the alternatives to having a baby in a hospital

Dr Stuart Fischbein and Brian Whitman

  • Dec 28, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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  • 193 EPISODES


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Dr. Stu’s Podcast #194: Different Species!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2020 58:50


Alliterations aside, Blyss is busy birthing so Dr. Stu discusses a tale of two breeches and why all pregnant women and “birthing people”   are not the same. Other topics include Covid-19 updates, more silliness out of the capital and listener letters.

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #193: Birthing People

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2020 61:08


Blyss & Dr. Stu try anti-social distancing and give Zoom a try. Harvard and wisdom may be oxymoronic but wisdom from C.S. Lewis stands the test of time.

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #192: Priorities Amuck

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 62:35


Blyss returns to discuss birth and letters from listeners. Another good doctor under fire and America’s maternity care under scrutiny. Dr. Stu and Blyss share insights.

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #191: Complicating the Simple

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2020 60:36


With Blyss at a birth, Dr. Stu goes solo to talk of Twins born early, shared decision making and he takes a deep dive into the malevolent hubris of gunnysacking and gaslighting good people.

Podcast #190: Epidurals are not Candy!

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 61:32


Back in the kitchen to discuss Bishop scores and post-date protocols. And WTF happened to the Land of the Free & the Home of the Brave! Blyss & Dr. Stu have their opinions, as usual.

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #189: The End of Absurdity

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2020 59:02


To honor Skye, Dr. Stu declares an early end to 2020. And Blyss joins in to say normalcy begins with how we birth.

Dr. Stu’s Podcast: Fireside Chat #20

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 68:17


Live on Facebook and Instagram November 11

Dr. Stu’s Podcast: Fireside Chat #19

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2020 68:23


Recorded on Facebook and Instagram, October 28, 2020 Link from this podcast: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-8834045/Women-France-felt-like-suffocating-forced-wear-face-masks-childbirth.html

Dr. Stu’s Podcast: Fireside Chat #18

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2020 58:09


Recorded via FB and Instagram on October 21, 2020

Dr. Stu’s Podcast: Fireside Chat Session 17

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2020 63:47


Recorded live on Facebook and Instagram October 7, 2020

Dr. Stu’s Podcast: Fireside Chat #16

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 49:43


Recorded live September 30, 2020 on Facebook and Instagram

Dr. Stu’s Podcast Fireside Chat #15

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2020 59:20


Recorded September 18th via Dr.Stu’s Podcast Facebook

Dr. Stu’s Podcast Fireside Chat #14

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2020 58:31


Recorded Live via Dr. Stu’s Podcast Facebook on September 4th

Dr. Stu’s Podcast Fireside Chat #13

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2020 59:22


(Though Dr. Stu says 12, this is really 13)Recorded Live on August 21st via Facebook and Instagram

Dr. Stu’s Podcast Fireside Chat Session 12

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 13, 2020 69:34


Live from Dr. Stu’s Podcast Facebook on Aug 7

Dr. Stu’s Podcast: Fireside Chat Session 11

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2020 63:15


Recorded July 31, 2020 live from Dr. Stu’s Podcast Facebook and Birthing Blyss Midwifery Instagram

Dr. Stu’s Podcast Fireside Chat #10

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2020 61:10


Recorded July 24 via Facebook and Instagram Live

Dr. Stu’s Podcast: Fireside Chat Session 9

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2020 61:26


Recorded live via Facebook and Instagram July 17th

Dr. Stu’s Podcast: Fireside Chat Session 8

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 61:40


Dr. Stu’s Podcast: Fireside Chat session 7

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2020 56:09


‘Perfect is the enemy of the good.’Recorded live on Facebook, June 12, 2020

Dr. Stu’s Podcast: Fireside Chat Session 6

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2020 61:12


Dr. Stu and Blyss live from Facebook and Instagram recorded May 29th

Dr. Stu’s Podcast: Fireside Chat session 5

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 63:53


Dr. Stu and Blyss live from Facebook and Instagram recorded May 15th Tune in every Friday at 11a Pacific

Dr. Stu’s Podcast: Fireside Chat Session 4

Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2020 60:07


Another “not-so- by-the-fire” Fireside Chat session, recorded May 8th. Dr. Stu and Blyss, catch up and share their lates birth related stories and discuss some of today’s important issues.

Dr. Stu’s Podcast: Fireside Chat Session 3

Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2020 60:19


Dr. Stu and Blyss continue their weekly, “Fireside Chats” (minus the fire). Session 3 recorded, May 1, 2020

Dr. Stu’s Podcast: Live Fireside Chat Session 2

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 60:55


Fireside Chat Session 2, Recorded April 24, 2020

Fireside Chat Session 1

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2020 110:35


During the #Coronavis, Dr. Stu and Blyss are hosting weekly Fireside Chats. Here is session 1 from Friday, March 20th

Dr. Stu’s Podcast 168: Helping in Haiti

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2020 57:40


Birth Center owner & midwife Renee Sicignano (See Chin Yah No) joins our hosts to share her experiences volunteering in Haiti. Blyss and Dr. Stu share in the lessons of gratitude and selflessness.  Links in this podcast: https://mamababyhaiti.orghttps://longreads.com/2020/03/10/criminalization-of-the-american-midwife/https://www.change.org/p/california-governor-help-best-start-birth-center-keep-coverage-for-medi-cal-clients

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #167: Raindrops on Roses

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2020 59:36


A rainy Los Angeles day and a news cycle of panic and TP shortages has Blyss & Dr. Stu addressing listener letters while remembering personal heroes and periwinkle as some of their favorite things.  https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #166: Pieces Missing!

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2020 53:45


Producer John feeds Blyss’ jigsaw puzzle addiction and Dr. Stu puts on the reading glasses to seek out the holes in another replay of the Amos & Frank Show and their anti-midwife/homebirth crusade to save women from choices. LINKS: Midwives – Licensees | Medical Board of California

Dr. Stu’s Podcast 165: Miracles Around Us

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2020 53:06


Dr. Stu is reminded what matters by an awesome display in the Alaskan Sky and Blyss chimes in on the little miracles around us. Here’s one, a VBAC in Santa Barbara, OMG! Links this podcast: Bode and Morgan Miller share ‘incredible’ home birth story of their twins Method of Birth Should Be a Choice

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #164: Provoking Thought

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 48:31


Catching up on letters from listeners and wisdom from Blyss stimulates Dr. Stu into some thought provoking moments.

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #163: Falling Behind….Learning to Adapt…..Winning!

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2020 64:02


Blyss & Dr. Stu take a lesson from The Kansas City Chiefs and rally from a tough stretch to take on 20 babies in January, 2020!

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #162: Let’s Talk About Skye

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2020 63:44


Our story of loss and grief. #lovemore

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #161: The Authors Report No Conflict of Interest

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2019 46:21


Amos & Frank are at it again. Redefining high risk and continuing to obsess over home birth. Midwives Beth & Blyss react while Dr. Stu obsesses over buns of steel

Dr. Stu’s Podcast # 160: Homebirth Twins Go Viral

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2019 49:02


Morgan & Bode Miller are making a difference. Midwife Beth Cannon joins Blyss & Dr. Stu to discuss the latest news. Cristen Pascucci & Diana Snyder took to the podium with Dr. Stu at the recent New Jersey Symposium on Physiologic Birth. And, breech expert, Dr. Barry Brock, gets hit with a hockey puck. Picture […]

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #159: Homebirth Cesarean, (not podcast 158)!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2019 55:17


Dr. Stu & Blyss welcome photographer, doula & VBAC/Homebirth Cesarean mom, Diana Hinek, to the podcast. Diana shares her story while the team shares opinions on EMR, sleep positions and the optimal cesarean rate.

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #158: “Over-reacting”, not podcast 159!

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 7, 2019 47:45


From L&D rules to road closures, Dr. Stu ponders the absurd. Blyss joins in as the team discuss the origins of worry and life on the road as a solo birth worker.

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #157: Last Incubator on the Left

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2019 61:40


In annual Halloween tradition, Dr Stu talks with twin parents Linda & Andrew who share the horror of helplessness of having their newborns trapped in baby jail. #twinpregnancy #NICU #babyjail

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #156: Two Dum Dums on a Couch with Microphones

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2019 55:07


Sleep deprivation doesn’t stop Blyss and Dr. Stu as they respond to a listener’s questions about the confounding topic of clotting disorders in pregnancy and miscarriage. Dr. Stu shares his 2 seconds of fame.

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #155: Here’s YOUR placenta, that will be $800!

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2019 55:09


What’s the deal with placental pathology anyway? From oligohydramnios to home insemination, Blyss & Dr. Stu tackle some really fertile questions. Links from the EpisodeNew Jersey Symposium for Physiologic BirthMadison Breech Conference

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #154: “It’s time for Johnny to get vaccinated:

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2019 60:26


The NIH is funding research on vaccine acceptance and counseling techniques rather than safety. Blyss & that right-wing nut, Dr. Stu, are not surprised. Meanwhile, they catch up on cool birthing stuff and recent teaching events.

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #153: “Capturing the Moment”: Birth is a life event, not a procedure.

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2019


Even the LA Times gets it. Blyss & Dr. Stu host Birth Photographer and Doula Stephanie Entin of Little Plum Photography in a discussion about the whys and hows of memorializing life as art. 

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #152: Postpartum, the Neglected Trimester

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2019


You’re discharged today, see you in 6 weeks.” Now what? Alyssa Berlin, PsyD joins Blyss & Dr. Stu to discuss starting an Afterbirth Plan well before your due date.

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #151: Subtle Coercion is Still Coercion

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2019


Dr. Stu’s & Blyss discuss his recent blog, the questionable misuse of “directive counseling” and good news from McMaster University.

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #150: Taking Care of Yourself Doesn’t Mean Me First; It Means Me Too.

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2019


Blyss & Dr. Stu respond to listener’s questions and discuss birth stories & fun topics from Florence Nightingale to Homer the cat to self care.

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #149: Community Based Birth, Uniting the Silos

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2019


Guest Augustine Colebrook joins the team for a wide ranging conversation from birth systems and reaching critical mass to prolonged happy hours and yoga pants!

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #148: A Calm & Confident OB

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2019


Blyss & Dr. Stu review a remarkable twin birth tale with a remarkable guest of the podcast, Dr. Emiliano Chavira

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #147: California Silliness

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2019


Dr. Stu likes Blyss’ new glasses but not everyone is seeing clearly.

Dr. Stu’s Podcast 146: Low Carbs & Castor Oil

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2019


Dr. Stu thinks Blyss should open her own mall and the team swallows the uncertainties of labor.

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #145: Life Renews Itself

Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2019


A horseback ride serves as a reminder while birthing topics and letters from listeners keep Blyss and Dr. Stu energized and entertained.

Dr. Stu’s Podcast #144: A Gross of Podcasts

Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2019


Blyss & Dr. Stu catch up on recent births as they acknowledge a dozen dozen podcasts, discuss some gross behavior at ACOG and welcome Prince Archie.

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