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Dr. Nathan Riley shares his perspective on the countercultural approach to birth, explaining why he left his hospital OBGYN career and now supports midwives and home birth instead of practicing within the medical system.

• Men in women's healthcare - examining whether male OBGYNs objectify women's bodies and how medical training teaches practitioners to view patients as objects rather than whole persons
• Questioning routine gynecological procedures like annual pap smears and HPV testing, suggesting many aren't evidence-based or necessary
• The rich history of childbirth and how it moved from women's domain to hospital settings through systematic elimination of traditional healing practices
• Dr. Riley's pivotal moment of deciding to leave hospital practice after witnessing staff focused on procedures rather than being present with a family experiencing infant death
• The increasing movement toward birth autonomy through free birth and home birth, which Dr. Riley describes as "a radical act of civil disobedience"
• How COVID created a paradigm shift, giving many people permission to question authority and say no to medical interventions they don't feel comfortable with
• The medical system operating exactly as designed - profiting when "women outsource their power" rather than trusting their bodies and intuition

Find Nathan on Instagram @nathanrileyobgyn and visit his website at bornfreemethod.com.

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