Mar 05 2025 51 mins 1
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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