#36 | Home Birth Isn’t the Risk. Blind Trust Is - with Dr. Stuart Fischbein
The Discerning Mother
In this conversation, Brigid sits down with Dr. Stu, an obstetrician who left the conventional system after decades inside it to reveal what’s really going on behind hospital doors. Dr. Stu shares how his journey from a “medicalized OB” to a home birth advocate began with one simple realization: women’s bodies are not broken, but the system is. Together, he and Brigid expose the financial incentives driving unnecessary interventions, the spiritual and emotional cost of birth trauma, and why empowering mothers (and fathers) with truth changes everything. They also discuss: Why hospital birth has become a business, not a calling The real reason C-section and induction rates keep rising How birth trauma happens even in “successful” births The lost art of breech and twin deliveries and why it matters What every woman should ask her doctor before signing anything The sacred role of fathers in the birth space How to discern truth, find freedom, and trust God’s design for birth This conversation will leave you questioning everything you’ve been told about “safe” birth and ready to reclaim it as the sacred, powerful experience it was always meant to be. Resources Mentioned: Dr. Stu’s podcast: Birthing Instincts Follow Dr. Stu on Instagram @birthinginstincts Connect with Brigid www.loretowellness.com Join The Dwelling Place: A Christ-centered community for Catholic women ready to heal their minds, bodies, and stories. Learn more & join here Take the FREE Quiz: What’s Your Birth Redemption Path? → [Link] Instagram: @brigidtebaldi
About Podcast
Welcome to The Discerning Mother, the podcast where building a thriving business and becoming a whole woman are not two different goals. Most wellness podcasts will tell you to regulate your nervous system. Most business podcasts will tell you to try another strategy.
This one will tell you why those won't work.
This is where faith, health, and business strategy collide.
Each week we talk about:
- How your nervous system is either building your business or quietly sabotaging it
- Why rewiring your nervous system and identity unlocks what regulation never could
- Real strategy for scaling without burning the woman behind the brand
- What Catholic/Christian theology has to say about money, ambition, and becoming
- How to have more without doing more
- Doing it all while being a present, joyful, peaceful mother & 6 or 7 figure business owner
This is not hustle culture with a rosary or prayers on top. This is the real work; the kind that changes what you are capable of in your business, your body, your marriage, and your motherhood (& by default, the world! Right, St. Mother Teresa?!).
Whether you are listening as you prep for a client call or folding laundry, it's time for you to dive in!