#210 | April Q&A: PPH, Tipping Doulas, Vitamin A in Pregnancy, Surrogacy, Postpartum Rage, After Birth Pains, GDM, Age Over 35, Cholestasis

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

🗓️ 26 April 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Hello everyone! We are back with our April Q&A episode, and it is loaded with your excellent questions! Don't forget you can subscribe on Apple podcasts Patreon to hear the extended, ad-free versions. Here's what we are talking about today: Is it safe to plan a birth center birth if someone has a history of pre-eclampsia, HELLP syndrome and a postpartum hemorrhage?Is it appropriate and/or expected to tip your doula?Other than placenta accreta, what other reasons are there for reta...

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0:00.0	Almost an hour had passed after the birth of my son and my placenta had not yet come out.
0:08.6	And it had to be manually removed by an OB.
0:11.7	By the way, a full-grown woman's arm of my uterus was way worse than giving birth to my seven and a half-on baby.
0:16.9	Hi, Cynthia and Tricia.
0:18.3	I have a question about high-risk pregnancies. So I have heard you both say several times that being over the age of 35 does not necessarily make a woman in her pregnancy high-risk. Does ACOG say anything? Do they say definitively that women over the age of 35 are automatically high-risk? But I will say the last, you know, six months of being parents,
0:40.5	it has tested our relationship in ways I had no idea.
0:44.0	You know, I'm finding myself with like postpartum rage.
0:47.1	And I even put a hole in my wall with my foot, which is so unlike me.
0:53.5	I've been there.
0:54.2	I once put my foot through a wall.
0:56.0	And you're super chill.
0:57.6	Super chill.
0:58.6	Not in that moment.
0:59.4	Not in that moment.
1:00.4	Push me to the edge.
1:03.7	I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of hypnoborthing of Connecticut,
1:07.2	childbirth advocate, and postpartum support specialist.
1:10.6	And I'm Trescia Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board certified lactation consultant.
1:16.7	And this is the Down to Birth podcast.
1:21.3	Childbirth is something we're made to do, but how do we have our safest and most satisfying experience in today's medical culture?
1:28.2	Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.
1:35.3	Welcome to the April Q&A.
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