In this episode of the Birth Uprising Podcast, Dr. Sarah interviews special guest Courtney Valdez, a mom of 2, wife, homemaker and an independent business owner. For her first birth she chose a birth center that sold itself as a "spa-like environment", but, when it came time to welcome her daughter, was anything but. Her experience led her to birth her second at home, and her experiences were night and day.

In this episode we discuss:

- a birth center birth gone wrong

- the term "holistic" as a marketing strategy

- the financial reasons babies are sent to the NICU

- the use of the term "birthing people" and our feelings on it

- why it's important to ask your birth center or midwife their hospital transfer rate

Courtney can be found on Instagram at @southwestbirthworker.

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