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Listen to Dr. Allie in conversation with Dr. Stuart Fischbein, who is an OB/GYN, as they speak on Pregnancy, Giving Birth and Home Births during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Stuart James Fischbein, MD was Board Certified in 1989 and became a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology in 1990. He has been a practicing obstetrician in Southern California since completing his residency in 1986. While well trained at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the standard medical model of obstetrics he had the respect and vision to support the midwifery model of care and served as a backup consultant to many home and birthing center midwives for 25 years. In 1996 he founded The Woman\\u2019s Place for Health, Inc., a collaborative hospital-based practice of Certified Nurse Midwives and Obstetricians in Ventura County, California.

In 2004, Dr. Fischbein co-authored the book, \\u201cFearless Pregnancy, Wisdom & Reassurance from a Doctor, a Midwife and a Mom\\u201d www.fearlesspregnancy.net . For his efforts he has been awarded the Doulas Association of Southern California (DASC) Physician of the year award three times and, in 2008, was the very first recipient of DASC\\u2019s lifetime achievement award in support of pregnant women. He has spoken internationally on breech and vaginal birth after cesarean section and has appeared in many documentaries, including: \\u201cMore Business of Being Born\\u201d, \\u201cHappy Healthy Child\\u201d, \\u201cReducing Infant Mortality\\u201d, \\u201cHeads Up: The Disappearing Art of Vaginal Breech Delivery\\u201d and multiple youtube videos discussing birth choices and respect for patient autonomy and decision making.

Dr. Fischbein now practices community based birthing and works directly with home birthing midwives www.birthinginstincts.com to offer hope for those women who prefer and respect a natural birthing environment and cannot find supportive practitioners for VBAC, twin and breech deliveries. He is an outspoken advocate of informed decision making, the midwifery model of care and human rights in childbirth, receiving the 2016 \\u201cMost Audacious\\u201d award from HRIC and the Association for Wholistic & Newborn Health. Hear more of his thoughts and advocacy for evidenced-based, reasonable choices on his podcast at www.drstuspodcast.com. He is a preceptor for midwifery students from Nizhoni, NMI, NCM and Georgetown University School of Midwifery. 

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