Ep. 325 Conscious & Confident: Making the Decision to Choose Something Different with Kayla Grove

Ep. 325 Conscious & Confident: Making the Decision to Choose Something Different with Kayla Grove

In this episode, Kayla Grove, an ICU nurse, joins the podcast to talk about the importance of patient autonomy and informed consent in healthcare. Kayla shares her journey of following her intuition over strictly adhering to medical guidelines, highlighting her respectful approach to patient choices. The discussion includes practical advice for making healthcare decisions, the role of intuition, and how medical professionals can better support patient autonomy. Kayla also discusses her personal birth plan choices and the importance of choosing the right healthcare provider.

TIMESTAMPS

01:24 Free Class to Avoid C-Section

03:10 Empowering Birth Choices

05:18 Meet Kayla Grove: Advocate and Doula

06:24 Kayla's Journey Through Loss and Advocacy

09:52 Patient Autonomy and Medical Decisions

14:57 Humanizing Healthcare

20:40 Challenging Medical Norms

27:25 Maintaining Your Power in Medical Decisions

28:05 Alternative Birth Plan Choices

29:10 Deciding Against Hepatitis B Shot and Eye Ointment

30:41 Addressing Postpartum Hemorrhage Fears

32:36 The Controversy of Declining an IV

38:18 The Importance of Choosing the Right Provider

46:19 Trusting Your Intuition and Making Empowered Decisions

49:51 Final Thoughts and Connecting with the Community

Guest Bio:

Kayla is a naturally minded certified ICU nurse with over 12 years of experience, a board-certified integrative nurse coach, holistic doula, and mom of two.

Her passion is helping women feel informed and empowered throughout pregnancy, birth, and postpartum. Her mission is to advocate for women to receive the care they deserve—aiming to reduce maternal mortality rates, postpartum mood disorders, and help women truly enjoy their pregnancy and postpartum journey.

Kayla's personal experiences have shaped her path. She endured the loss of her best friend due to medical negligence just weeks before having her first baby—a catalyst for her fierce advocacy. She also navigated a difficult birth, followed by postpartum anxiety and OCD and internal tremors. In 2022 she had a missed miscarriage that led her deeper down her path of education and training, and then she had her rainbow baby in 2023. She opened up her coaching business in Nov 2023 and then her doula business in May 2024. Her positive second birth experience, paired with a healing postpartum, drives her to support other women on their journey so they can have the same.

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BIRTH EDUCATION:

Check out our free class on how to avoid a c-section and reduce tearing in labor here!

Join The Birth Lounge here for judgment-free childbirth education that prepares you for an informed birth and how to confidently navigate hospital policy to have a trauma-free labor experience!

Download The Birth Lounge App for birth & postpartum prep delivered straight to your phone!

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