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Down to Birth

#201 | February Q&A: Tongue-Tie & Bodywork, Cervical Exams, Ovulation, Postpartum Baths, Placenta Accreta, Forceps, Synthetic Fragrances, Tearing

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

4.8586 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

It's time for our monthly Q&A episode with your Down to Birth Show hosts Cynthia & Trisha. After a quick chat about the brutally cold weather (how unoriginal), we jump right into our listener-submitted questions beginning with: How important or helpful is body-work for tongue-tied babies?Is there ever a legit reason for a cervical check in late pregnancy?When exclusively breastfeeding, when should you introduce a bottle and start saving milk for going back to work?What supplemen...

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0:00.0

I'm calling to ask if I should be worried that my daughter is still frequently breastfeeding

0:06.9

as soon to be 16 months old.

0:09.2

And the women who don't ever skip ovulation, such as nuns who never use birth control, never get

0:17.2

pregnant, they actually have a much higher risk of ovarian cancer.

0:21.3

Nuns have a higher risk of ovarian cancer? They sure do, yes. That's never hit the major headlines.

0:28.1

It sure feels like a power trip that one person can tell a couple not to have sex, and that is a really

0:33.4

long time not to have sex. And by the way, just have sex after the baby is born. Yeah, right.

0:40.4

Is there ever an indication for four steps to be used in birth? How can we without walking on

0:48.1

eggshells explain, well, we can't really ever come over to your house until you take those things

0:52.6

out of the wall? Let's spontaneously text Carly Hartwig right now and see if she's available to just hop on the

0:58.5

line and answer this herself. You want to tell us how bad for Breezes? Let's do it. I'm Cynthia

1:06.8

Overgard, owner of Hypnoborthing of Connecticut, childbirth advocate, and postpartum support

1:11.5

specialist. And I'm Trescia Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board-certified

1:17.5

lactation consultant. And this is the Down to Birth podcast. Childbirth is something we're

1:24.9

made to do, but how do we have our safest and most satisfying

1:28.3

experience in today's medical culture?

1:30.6

Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.

1:41.2

Hello.

1:42.4

Welcome to the February Q&A.

1:50.1

On this bitter, cold February day, we are having temperatures in the negatives here in Connecticut.

2:02.7

Deep in the negatives. Have you been outside lately? Yeah, it's uncomfortable. My friend invited me to the dog park today with the dogs. And I said, I don't go for extended walks when it's under 20 degrees because the body never warms up. I walked. I used to walk every Sunday through the year, three mile walk every Sunday with a friend

2:07.8

right through the year. And I noticed that in the winter, I would always eventually warm up and peel

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