Can you share with us the most common reasons that water birth may actually reduce some of those

occurrences? We're not adding the aspect of gravity, which if I have bones at right angles to each other,

a shoulder and a pubic bone, gravity is not my friend at this point. Sometimes it can be your

friend if the dystosia is somewhere

different than a shoulder. But either way, you've got to, you've got to move a baby and having that

lack of gravity in a water birth setting makes it so much easier to rotate. And Richard, it turns out,

has the gift of of dystosia resolution. And he came over and he knew what to do. And he 18 seconds had that baby out.

I am a student midwife and looking to become a full midwife here by the year end.

You've attended over 600 births and you have never induced a woman.

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

support specialist.

And I'm Trescia 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.

My name is Lisa Marie.

I'm a licensed midwife here in California.

I'm deeply mentored by Barbara Harper.

So I focus on water birth in my practice for sure in all the different ways that it can affect a birth in the home birth setting.

My name is Richard Oxenham.

And I am Lisa Marie's main assistant in the work that we do

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