How can men show up for women during the childbirth experience and throughout her healthcare journey?


Dr. Vanessa Archil is a board-certified OB/GYN who blends science-based maternity care with a human, deeply empathetic approach to women’s health. She’s devoted her career to improving maternal outcomes, empowering families, and teaching partners how to show up with presence, awareness, and real support during childbirth.


0:00 – Why men don’t know how to protect women in childbirth
1:10 – The maternal mortality crisis (and why Black women suffer most)
3:00 – My family’s story: losing a brother at full term
5:00 – Introducing Dr. Vanessa Archil, OB-GYN
6:00 – How bias, dismissal, and “young and healthy” myths kill women
10:00 – Obesity, chronic illness, and hidden risks in pregnancy
14:00 – Silent grief, stigma, and why families avoid the hospital
18:00 – How men can advocate without being aggressive or ignored
23:00 – Fibroids, fertility, egg freezing, and planning a family
30:00 – Menopause, long-term women’s health, and how men show up
36:00 – Why women’s healthcare determines family health
40:00 – Final message: becoming the man she can trust with her life




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