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Down to Birth

Cynthia Overgard & Trisha Ludwig

Join Cynthia Overgard and Trisha Ludwig once per week for evidence-based straight talk on pregnancy, birth and postpartum --- beyond the clichés and beyond the system. With 40 years" combined experience in midwifery, childbirth education and advocacy, publishing, research and postpartum care, we"ve guided thousands of families toward safer, more empowered choices. Down to Birth is all about safe childbirth, while recognizing a safe outcome isn"t all that matters. We challenge the status quo, explore

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#151 | Labor & Delivery: A Nurse Shares Why She Left...

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2022/03/09

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#150 | Myth of the Aging Placenta with Midwife/Author...

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2022/03/02

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#149 | February Q&A: Eating in Labor; Leaking...

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2022/02/23

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#148 | Choosing Egg Freezing: The Process, Cost,...

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2022/02/16

Today we are joined by Diana Marks, a social media influencer and coach, who is deeply passionate about bringing awareness to women on how and why to consider egg freezing for fertility preservation. If this is a topic you've been curious about, today's episode will answer your questions from, "When should someone consider egg freezing," to "How much does egg freezing cost," to "What is the emotional journey of going through this process?" With more women

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#147 | Stefanie's Birth Story: Healing Generational...

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2022/02/09

How do you know if you are carrying generational birth trauma? And if you identify it, what can be done about it prior to giving birth? Today we meet with Stefanie, whose mother had a traumatic obstetrical experience while birthing to her second daughter, resulting in permanent brain damage and disability to Stefanie's little sister. Stefanie was five at the time. For nine months, she had excitedly anticipated her parents coming home with a baby, only to end up in her grandparents' care

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#146 | Finding Autonomy and Asserting Your Birth Plan...

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2022/02/02

Lizzie Bolliger of Fiercelizzy doesn't consider herself necessarily a fierce person but very much a fierce advocate for autonomy and informed decision making in childbirth. Today, she joins us as a guest host to discuss what it actually means to be fierce in your birth planning and preparation. Guess what? According to Lizzie, it's not about having the most detailed birth plan because there is no power in the birth plan if you don't know why you are checking the boxes. So what is

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#145 | January Q&A: Hypertension & Induction;...

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2022/01/26

Our January Q&A is here and has a special treat! In addition to your more in depth questions we've add a "quickies" series to the end of the episode. Be sure to check it out and send in your feedback!Today's Q&A begins with induction and hypertension: when is the right time to be induced (see our episode on Pitocin)? Next we touch on setting boundaries with passive-aggressive in-laws; how does having one posterior baby (and an anterior pelvic tilt) impact my birth

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#144 | Restrengthening from Within through Yoga with...

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2022/01/19

How is yoga like birth? They both ask us to get uncomfortable and sit with that discomfort. How long can we sit with it? Where does our mind go when we get uncomfortable? How quickly do we reach for distraction? Yoga prepares us for birth not only physically but also by integrating the mind/body connection and strengthening our intuition and our physical body. Today, Deb Flashenberg of the Prenatal Yoga Center in NYC speaks with us about how to get safely uncomfortable and learn to use your body,

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#143 | Radical Boundaries in Birth with Guest Host...

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2022/01/12

Can you be so firm and stable in your boundaries around pregnancy and birth that it doesn't actually matter who attends your birth because you know exactly what and what not you will let into your birth space? In this conversation with HeHe Stewart of Tranquility by Hehe, we dive into hard boundaries versus soft boundaries; how to set them; and why they matter so much in our birth planning as well as our personal relationships throughout pregnancy and postpartum. * * * * * * * * * *Connect

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#142 | Healing from Birth Trauma with Hypnosis:...

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2022/01/05

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New Year's Eve Bonus | Our Youngest Listener

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2021/12/31

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#141 | December Q&A: Increasing Breastmilk; Urge to...

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2021/12/29

Our December Q&A is here and loaded with entertaining and informative questions: We begin with a question around increasing supply without pumping: Is it possible? Next we dive into expectations around pushing as it relates to hypnobirthing and the urge to push. We discuss Cervadil and the subsequent cascade of interventions and what happens with a posterior cervix? How do you know if you have postpartum anxiety? What are placental lakes and will a large placenta cause a big baby? Is the purple

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#140 | How to Write Your Birth Story with Carrie Murphy

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2021/12/22

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#139 | Katie's Gentle Birth After a Host of...

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2021/12/15

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#138 | Legal Case Study #1 with Attorney Hermine...

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2021/12/08

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#137 | When Providers Get It Wrong: Kassidy's Birth...

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2021/12/01

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#136 | November Q&A: Membrane Sweeps, PP Hemorrhage,...

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2021/11/24

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#135 | Covid Vaccine Research for Breastfeeding Moms...

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2021/11/17

Breastfeeding women have been having a difficult time knowing whether to get the Covid vaccine, given that the vaccine is new and neither the CDC nor vaccine manufacturers have studied whether vaccine ingredients make their way into breast milk. Meanwhile, pregnant and breastfeeding women have been told to get the vaccine despite this lack of research. It has been the historical norm for vaccines not to be tested on pregnant or nursing mothers, making informed consent difficult, if not impossible

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#134 | Pitocin for Labor: Why and Why Not

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2021/11/10

Did you know that Pitocin is said to be the most abused drug in the world today? Did you know it is used 97% of the time for off-label purposes? Did you know it is not FDA approved for labor augmentation or the elective induction of labor? And that Pitocin is not the same as Oxytocin? Join us as Cynthia and Trisha talk through all the things you probably don't know about Pitocin but wish you did, and how it impacts birth and postpartum. Connect with us on Patreon for our exclusive

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#133 | Julie's Birth Story: Redemption in Home Birth...

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2021/11/03

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