Can You Say No to Your Doctor During Pregnancy?

You leave your prenatal appointment and get in your car. And something just feels off.

You are confused. Unsettled. 

Maybe a little worried about your body or your baby. And you spend the whole drive home trying to figure out what just happened in there and what you are supposed to do about it.

In this episode, I am walking you through exactly what to do when something does not feel right with your provider.

Whether it is an induction conversation that caught you completely off guard, a big baby warning that sent you straight to Google, or a provider you are just not sure about anymore. 

And I am being really honest in this one, too, because I have nodded and smiled my way out of appointments that did not feel right, gotten in my car, and completely lost it. I was a doula. I knew better. And I still did it. 😅

Oh, and this one is only about 15 minutes. No excuse not to listen before your next appointment. 😊

Here are some highlights from the episode:

• Why most mamas leave their prenatal appointments confused rather than angry, and why that is actually the harder place to be
• The most common scenarios that catch pregnant mamas completely off guard — from induction conversations to big baby warnings to ultrasound readings that send you into full panic mode
• The questions that get you the information you actually need, without being confrontational or difficult
• The most common reaction mamas have in these moments and why nodding and smiling and leaving feeling terrible is something so many of us have done
• What to do when you ask all the questions and you still disagree, three options that can genuinely solve things
• What you are really looking for in a provider is a partnership, how to know if you have it and what to do if you do not
• Why one disagreement does not necessarily mean you need a new provider, and when it does
• How setting up the right birth team early means you can walk into labor focused and calm instead of dreading what is coming

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