Episode 23: Dr. Robbie Davis-Floyd on the Medical Model and Mentorship

Episode Summary

Dr. Robbie Davis-Floyd joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about birth and the medical model. Robbie has been writing and thinking about this longer than most of us have been doulas, and you can hear it in the precision of her examples.

We talk about how doulas and childbirth educators show up in birth outcomes, why people in this field are so often afraid to question obstetrics out loud, and what mentorship across generations of birth workers should actually look like. The conversation does not flinch.

A foundational listen for anyone shaping their own framework about birth in the United States. If you have not read Robbie before, this episode is the gateway drug.

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Dr. Robbie Davis-Floyd on the medical model of birth

Doula and childbirth education impact on outcomes

Mentorship in birth work