Harm Reduction in Pregnancy & Birth #038

Your BIRTH Partners

In this episode, Carlyn Mast, LCSW shares more about her experience working within hospital birth systems to support birthing people who use drugs.
Is there a topic that carries more bias than pregnant people who use drugs? How can we combat stigma & show up for pregnant people using drugs? How do we address decades of policies that result in hospital birthing spaces that can feel hostile and punitive to this population? How we can support pregnant people who are using drugs and make it so that they feel safe and that they are actually being cared for instead of criminalized?
Listen in as she explores:

~Facts about drug use in pregnancy
~Harm reduction strategies during pregnancy
~Examining our biases & emotions as care professionals
~Navigating hospital policies around surveillance & reporting
~Supporting families without CPS

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