#189 | November Q&A: Cholestasis; Growth Curve Worries; Petite-Women Birth Concerns; The McRobert's Position; Retained Placenta; Burping & Formula

Down to Birth

Cynthia Overgard & Trisha Ludwig

Pregnancy, Childbirth, Postpartum, Midwives, Alternative Health, Home Birth, Society & Culture, Newborn, Documentary, Hypnobirthing, Kids & Family, Health & Fitness, Breastfeeding, Pregnant, Birth, Maternity, Motherhood

4.8 • 586 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Hello everyone! It is Wednesday, and we are back with our monthly Q&A! In this month's extended Q&As (always ad-free and available to all by subscribing to Down To Birth + on Apple or joining our Patreon community) we discuss an interesting situation reported by one mom regarding her "retained placenta" - or was it? How would you know if it's really a medical situation or a failure to be patient? We also respond to one mom regarding the quality of European versus U....

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0:00.0	My question is, should I be worried that he dropped from the 90th to the 50th percentile?
0:08.3	Should I start supplementing with something else, maybe more breast milk or formula?
0:14.1	I just found out that I have colostasis and kind of freaking out about it.
0:20.6	This is my first child. I'm sorry, but to do those
0:24.6	interventions after only 30 minutes, she probably was still on her back, in the bed, not allowed to
0:30.5	get up. Maybe she hadn't even tried breastfeeding yet. I don't consider that a retained placenta,
0:35.7	and I think that was excessive. My OB told me that I can labor in any position I choose.
0:40.9	However, when it comes to pushing, she told me that I have to be on my back because it was, quote, safer.
0:46.5	Can the placenta become lodged in the birth canal during pregnancy, like placenta previa?
0:52.6	What?
0:53.7	Okay. You know what?
0:55.1	We can't do a quickie that doesn't make sense.
0:59.6	I'm Cynthia Overgard,
1:01.3	owner of hypnoborthing of Connecticut,
1:03.1	childbirth advocate,
1:04.2	and postpartum support specialist.
1:06.5	And I'm Tresha Ludwig,
1:08.4	certified nurse midwife
1:09.5	and international board certified lactation consultant.
1:12.6	And this is the Down to Birth podcast.
1:17.3	Childbirth is something we're made to do, but how do we have our safest and most satisfying experience in today's medical culture?
1:24.3	Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.
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