The Unmedicated Girlies | Empowered + Informed Birth Education with Fierce Lizzie

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193 | PART 1: Your permission to fire your crappy provider Jul 02, 2025

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☀️ Summer Series: PART 1 ☀️

What do you do before choosing someone to reno your kitchen? Or cut your hair? You look at the results they have gotten for other clients! We should not be putting more research into our hair than our births. Hair grows back, you are only giving birth a handful of times.

Empowered Moms interview their provider to find one that is in line with their values and wants for birth.

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Next Wednesday's Episode >> Using Nutrition to Stay Low Risk

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192 | Empowered Mom Summer Series, It’s Time to Take Control of Your Birth Jun 27, 2025

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☀️Summer Series☀️

We're getting empowered birth prep doesn’t take a summer break and neither do we.
Each week, we’re diving into quick, powerful podcast episodes that’ll help you start being an empowered mom now.

Here’s what we’ll be covering in the next five weeks:

How to choose a provider
Staying low risk with smart, simple nutrition
Knowing your real options during prenatal care

Supporting physiology throughout labor and birth

Understanding your birth rights and how to advocate for them

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191 | Want to avoid cesarean? Do this. May 27, 2025

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✨Mini-Series: What the Unmedicated Girlie Needs to know about Cesarean ✨ part 3

Push play for 6 clear, simple strategies to reduce your risk of an unnecessary cesarean. If your plan is an unmedicated or vaginal birth, these strategies will inform you on how to protect your birth plan before labor even starts.

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The best time to start Unmedicated Academy is around 24 weeks. Learn more at unmedicatedgirlies.com

190 | When is a cesarean really necessary? May 20, 2025

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✨Mini-Series: What the Unmedicated Girlie Needs to know about Cesarean ✨ part 2

Not every cesarean is a true emergency.

In fact, many are performed out of fear, hospital policy, or convenience, aka they're not always necessary.

In this episode, we’re digging into the top 10 reasons cesareans are performed and calling out the ones that are overused and not always necessary.

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189 | 10cm and still a Cesarean May 05, 2025

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✨Mini-Series: What the Unmedicated Girlie Needs to know about Cesarean ✨ part 1

April is Cesarean Awareness Month — but the truth is, we need to be having this conversation all year long. Why? Because 1 in 3 births in the U.S. end in cesarean… and many of them happen after a mom has already labored unmedicated all the way to 10 cm.

In this episode, we’re talking about a trend I’m seeing more and more:🛑 Cesareans being called during the second stage of labor — during pushing.
You did all the prep. You avoided the epidural. You got to 10 cm. And then… surgery?

Let’s talk about why this is happening — and how to prevent it when it’s not truly necessary.

This episode covers:

✨ The common mistake moms make when planning for unmedicated birth, it's more than pain management

💥 The two most common reasons for second stage cesareans

🧠 Why certain interventions increase the risk of cesarean

💡 The truth about ACOG’s guidelines for when a cesarean is appropriate

Ready to learn more?

Unmedicated Academy has the roadmap for natural birth in any setting.

188 | Circumcision Deep Dive: What to know before you decide Apr 16, 2025

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🇺🇸 In the United States, routine infant circumcision is still fairly common. What most parents don’t realize is that American moms are some of the only women in the world still facing this decision.

In this episode, we’re diving deep into the why behind the U.S. circumcision rate, the real risks and benefits, what the research says, and what major medical organizations actually recommend.

You’ll learn about the physiology of the penis, what the procedure involves, and the long term impacts that aren’t often discussed in the hospital.

If you’re considering circumcision for your baby boy, this episode will give you the full picture, so you can make a decision you feel truly informed about.

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Mentioned on the Show:

Child Circumcision: An Elephant in the Hospital by Professor R. McAllister 🔗 https://youtu.be/7ud-cTDfKd8?si=JPwQuQ-oh1ayAOQY

American Circumcision on Amazon Prime

Your Whole Baby 🔗 https://www.yourwholebaby.org/

Moms off the Record Podcast 🔗 https://momsofftherecordpod.com/

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Learn more about Unmedicated Academy 🔗 https://unmedicatedgirlies.com/

187 | The Informed Consent Crisis: Hear from the experts inside the hospital Apr 03, 2025

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What’s really happening with informed consent in hospitals? In this episode, I sit down with experienced doulas and birth educators to uncover the truth about what moms are facing during labor and birth.

💡 What’s missing from birth education? The key information hospitals aren’t teaching you.
🏥 Inside the hospital: What birth workers are witnessing firsthand when it comes to informed consent.
😞 How moms are feeling: The fear, frustration, and regret that come when they realize they weren’t fully informed.
✅ What you can do NOW: How to prepare yourself before labor so you can advocate for your rights and make empowered choices.

If you’re planning a hospital birth, this episode is a must-listen. Let’s make sure you walk into birth fully informed, fully confident, and fully in control.

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@Auspicious.Beginnings

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186 | Going all in: Audie’s fifth and final birth story Mar 23, 2025

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Fifth times a charm. ✨ After four very different birth experiences Audie knew she wanted her last birth to be exactly what she envisioned. Audie is sharing what she learned from each birth, and how she went all in with pregnancy five.

Catch up on the Forever Informed Series ⬇️

184 | Why mom advice is so confusing, modern motherhood vs. physiology

185 | Defining Informed Consent, here's what your not being told

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185 | Defining informed consent, here's what you're not being told Mar 04, 2025

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Informed consent is much more than just a signature on a form—it’s a conversation, a right, and a crucial part of making empowered decisions about your birth. But here’s the truth: hospitals rarely provide true informed consent. They give you a watered-down version, leaving you with only the options they prefer.

In this episode, we’re breaking down:

🩺 What informed consent really means (and why it includes informed refusal)

⚖️ The manipulative verbiage ACOG uses with “shared decision-making”

❌ Why signing paperwork is not the same as being truly informed

📢 How to advocate for yourself and make decisions with full confidence

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184 | Why Mom Advice is So Confusing: Modern Motherhood vs. Physiology Feb 24, 2025

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One mom says to trust your instincts. Another tells you to sleep train by 8 weeks. The breastfeeding book you read says you should breastfeed for up to 2 years, but your pediatrician hands you a formula sample at your baby's first appointment. The contradictions in motherhood are everywhere—and it’s no wonder moms feel overwhelmed.

In this episode, we’re breaking down why so much of the advice you hear about pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and infant care are totally... opposite.

Note: In the episode I said "scheduled cesarean" when I meant to say "elective cesarean." Yes we get juicy, y'all.

Join us inside the U|G birth program that is ALWAYS based in physiology for the mom birthing in the modern world.

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