For all those 3.2 million years, I mean, who was the one that was there with women in their caves or around the circles of their bonfires or whatever?

It's always women, maybe not, you know, deemed the midwife, but the wise woman in the village that, you know, had understanding of the local herbs and plants that grew.

And so when you

have women that transitioned through the violent beginning of the history of obstetrics in our

country, and you have women like Ina Mae that, that really took back, you know, what birth is.

And then you see them getting canceled.

It just goes hand in hand to show you where we're at today as a culture.

We are deeply losing touch with this wise, elder midwife tradition that has nothing to do really with the inner workings of Western medicine.

I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of hypniburthing of Connecticut, childbirth advocate, and postpartum

support specialist. And I'm Tresha Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board

certified lactation consultant.

And this is the down-to-birth podcast.

Childbirth is something we're made to do, but how do we have our safest and most satisfying experience in today's medical culture?

Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth. Hi, my name is Lindsay Nelis.

I am a traditional midwife.

I have had the honor of witnessing thousands of women give birth over the last 19 years.

I am also a mother.

I have two children that are 19 and 13 years old, whose births completely transformed me with a very medical cesarean to be back at home underneath the stars.

Outdoors, huh? Literally. Literally in my jacuzzi. Nice. Yeah. Yeah. So, Lindsay, the reason I wanted to invite you on the podcast today, I heard you on Dr. Stu's podcast.

And I guess what's going on for me personally is I'm, let me think about this.

Trisha is the midwife.

I'm a childbirth educator.

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