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[fusebox_track_player url="https://episodes.castos.com/5e3aa627bb42e8-95594950/EP59-Brad-Bootstaylor-Re-EditBTW.mp3" artist="Allison Hare - Bright This Way Podcast" title="Bringing Birth Back: Famed OB/GYN Dr. Brad Bootstaylor" social_twitter="true" social_facebook="true" social_linkedin="true" social_pinterest="true" social_email="true" ]\n\nAre you pregnant? Do you know someone who is? Anticipating childbirth can be scary! Dr. Bootstaylor is giving tips for giving birth, how to ask the right questions to your provider, and keeping your power in the delivery room.\n\nHost Allison Hare talks to Dr. Brad Bootstaylor, the award-winning double board-certified OB/GYN and perinatologist of See Baby Practices in Atlanta, Georgia helping empower pregnant mothers with their critical birth decisions. Dr. Brad Bootstaylor is also the author of the book Shared Decision Making. Dr. Brad Bootstaylor talks about his professional mission, maternal mortality, positioning birth choices for mothers-to-be, and also questions for people to ask providers in order to advocate for themselves.\xa0\n\nEpisode Highlights:\n\n\nDr. Brad Bootstaylor shares his background being double-boarded. \n\nAllison shares her own personal pregnancy experiences and how she was introduced to Dr. Brad Bootstaylor. \n\nHe discusses birth discussion issues patients have had. \n\nWhat is his professional mission? \n\nSerena Williams and Mark Cuban have invested $3 million in a start-up app called Mahmee for real-time access to providers. \n\nWhat are some good questions for people to ask providers in order to advocate for themselves? \n\nDr. Brad Bootstaylor shares the benefits of empowering patients with data. \n\nHow did he choose this path? \n\nWhat has caused C-section rates to increase over the last 40 years? \n\nWhat are the things he sees being recommended to patients? \n\nDr. Brad Bootstaylor talks about the 10-question provider app. \n\nWhat are the benefits and guidance for making better pregnancy choices? \n\nIs he seeing any trends with older moms coming in? \n\nWhat is next for Dr. Brad Bootstaylor?\n\nAllison Hare and Dr. Brad Bootstaylor discuss pregnancy myths. \n\n\n3 Key Points\n\n\nDr. Brad Bootstaylor uses information technology, decision-making, neural networks, and artificial intelligence to develop a real-time platform or mobile app that allows the mother to have a balanced conversation based on real information versus the provider\u2019s preference. \n\nDr. Brad Bootstaylor was voted Atlanta\u2019s Best Doctor for the 9th year in a row. \n\nIn 1970, C-Section rates in the United States were 10%. Now the rate is over 31%, and even higher in the state of Georgia. \n\n\nResources Mentioned:\n\n\nI\u2019d love to hear back from you. Text me at 470.242.6311. Subscribe to this podcast, SHARE, and find me everywhere at Allison\u2019s Linktree.\n\nAllison Hare\u2019s Blog: Sticky Notes Blog\n\n\nDr. Brad Bootstaylor Social Media: Linkedin\n\n\nSee Baby: seebaby.org\n\n\nBook: Shared Decision Making by Dr. Brad Bootstaylor\n\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices