Stuart James Fischbein

Stuart James Fischbein MD is a published author of the book Fearless Pregnancy: Wisdom & Reassurance from a Doctor, a Midwife and a Mom and several peer-reviewed papers, including Homebirth with an Obstetrician: A Series of 135 Out of Hospital Births, Breech Birth at Home: Outcomes of 60 Breech and 109 Cephalic Planned Home and Birth Center Births, and Twin Home Birth: Outcomes of 100 Sets of Twins in the Care of a Single Practitioner.

After spending 28 years attending hospital births, Dr. Stu spent the next 12+ years as a home birth obstetrician working collaboratively with midwives. Since recently retiring from attending home births, he has focused his work on traveling the world as a lecturer and advocate for reteaching breech and twin birth skills, honoring informed consent, and restoring respect for the normal physiology of birth.

He is the host of the weekly Birthing Instincts Podcast alongside co-host Blyss Young.