Stuart Fischbein (Dr Stu) runs a website and podcast called Birthing Instincts. More specifically, he is an OBGYN (Obstetrician-Gynaecologist) with over 40 years of experience who specialises in breech and twin births and supports VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Caesarean).

In other words, he has delivered a lot of babies in both hospitals and homes, promoting the latter due to it being safer and healthier.

'When you end up meddling with birth, you end up needing technology.' —Dr Stu

Personal thoughts

Had my wife not been pregnant at the time, I wouldn’t have considered this talking point. On a road trip, she found Dr Stu’s podcast and we listened to a few episodes.

Dr Stu’s Podcast — Birthing Instincts with Dr. Stu

<p>Birthing Instincts and Dr. Stuart Fischbein aim to teach, speak and write about the normalcy of birth choices. A long time outspoken advocate of a woman’s’ right to informed consent and refusal and the exercise of her free will, Dr. Fischbein believes in the ethics of respecting a woman’s autonomy in decision making and reasonable, evidence supported options of selected VBAC, breech and twin vaginal birth.</p>

Birthing Instincts with Dr. Stuadmin

We kept nodding at what he said and I realised I needed to get him on my podcast.

It turns out that, paradoxically, this topic is rarely discussed while being the most important moment in life. Literally. How we’re born shapes our entire life.