The Labor & Delivery: Making Shared Decisions episode
Document Type
Multimedia
Publication Date
2021
Publication Title
Beaumont HouseCall Podcast
Abstract
Pregnancy is wonderful and life-changing, but can also be complicated and confusing. What if there was a way for you to get evidence-based information, explore your values and preferences for birthing a child and have someone to hold your hand along the way? Engaging in shared decision making with your physician allows you to do all this and more.
Pregnancy is complicated and confusing, but what if there was a way you could get evidence-based information, explore your values and preferences for birthing a child and have someone to hold your hand along the way? Engaging in shared decision making with your physician allows you to do all this and more.
In this episode, Dr. Asha Shajahan speaks with Dr. Kurt Wharton, OB-GYN and medical director of the Family Birth Center at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, about the importance of being healthy prior to pregnancy, the value shared decision making has on deciding things like getting the COVID-19 vaccine and breastfeeding, if a cesarean section and being induced is right for you, and more.
Recommended Citation
Shajahan, A., Wharton, K. the Labor & Delivery: Making Shared Decisions episode. [podcast on the Internet]. Michigan: Beaumont Health; 2021 [cited 2022 Jun 20]. Available from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck8JnfBVIcs.