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Just over three years after airing our episode with chiropractor Dr. Madalyn Turner, I sit down with her twin sister Dr. Johanna Hartley, who is also a chiropractor, to learn about how she has been pulled between the highly medicalized hospital system and her family's holistic values after discovering her second son, born at home, had a congenital defect called Hypospadius in which the urethra is not where it is supposed to be.

It turns out, he had the most severe version.

To give you an idea of where Dr. Johanna falls on the crunchy scale, she is a non-vaccinating chiropractor who prefers to use conventional, OTC medication as a last resort. In her story, it becomes apparent how humbling and earth shattering supporting your infant through three major surgeries is and how it rocks your world and forces you to exercise discernment with prioritizing your holistic values.

In this episode, you'll hear how Dr. Johanna and her husband ultimately find the right surgeons out-of-state for their son's procedure and how they knew the first opinion they received from a local "expert" was subpar. Dr. Johanna also walks us through her first two birth experiences and how this initiation into motherhood laid the foundation for how she shows up for her family and her worldview.

If you are grappling with making complex decisions, especially given your holistic values, in the face of medical necessity, then this episode is for you.

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