Best for Baby | Expert Baby Advice & Support for Overwhelmed Mums
Jul 31, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min · 13 segments
In this eye-opening episode, Lisa is joined by Gina Mundy, a childbirth attorney who has spent more than 23 years analysing thousands of cases where childbirth complications have resulted in lifelong…
Gina MundyGuestLisa Rogers SargentHostI think it's incredible that you say in the whole course of your career, it's always the same things you're seeing.
Um, and I know as healthcare professionals, we, we have to be careful what we say, um, because there are set protocols-
... and this is what they do, and so we know that's gonna happen to our patients, you know, when we're speaking to people.
Um, and so we don't wanna make them afraid of it, so we are always careful, and we don't want to get into trouble because we can.
Um, so we're always very limited, and so there's not a lot of talking about these things, about these patterns that you've identified.
Um, and so I find, you know, I'm not in the hospital at the time of birth, but the work I do is obviously when things have gone wrong, and I can see through my career, oh, that's interesting.
Is it based on this? Is it true? What are the statistics? So yeah, it's amazing that you're doing that and that you have a voice to share this with people, because I think it's really, really valuable information.
... can we start? Can we dive in? [laughs] Can you tell us some of the most common patterns that you are seeing that kind of end up triggering a more difficult and traumatic birth?
And for anybody listening, it is chapter 11 of my book is dedicated just to the common facts, the common decisions that are important to help you, uh, you know, prevent anything bad from happening.
I think it's incredible that you say in the whole course of your career, it's always the same things you're seeing.
Um, and I know as healthcare professionals, we, we have to be careful what we say, um, because there are set protocols-
... and this is what they do, and so we know that's gonna happen to our patients, you know, when we're speaking to people.
Um, and so we don't wanna make them afraid of it, so we are always careful, and we don't want to get into trouble because we can.
Um, so we're always very limited, and so there's not a lot of talking about these things, about these patterns that you've identified.
Um, and so I find, you know, I'm not in the hospital at the time of birth, but the work I do is obviously when things have gone wrong, and I can see through my career, oh, that's interesting.
Is it based on this? Is it true? What are the statistics? So yeah, it's amazing that you're doing that and that you have a voice to share this with people, because I think it's really, really valuable information.
... can we start? Can we dive in? [laughs] Can you tell us some of the most common patterns that you are seeing that kind of end up triggering a more difficult and traumatic birth?
And for anybody listening, it is chapter 11 of my book is dedicated just to the common facts, the common decisions that are important to help you, uh, you know, prevent anything bad from happening.
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