#220 | Catrina's HBAC: A Mother's Triumph Over Medical Intervention

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

🗓️ 5 July 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Catrina's first pregnancy was labeled high risk when a routine ultrasound revealed a two-vessel cord, leading to repeat ultrasounds and a diagnosis of IUGR (intrauterine growth restriction) and low fluid at 35 weeks. Her doctor immediately sent her in for an induction, and because her baby was still breech at that point, she ended up with a C-section. Catrina felt completely "checked-out" during the whole experience, as this was the exact opposite of the birth she had planned for. Her baby en...

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0:00.0	As far as I know, no grandmother of mine, great-grandmother, my mother, no one ever had a C-section.
0:08.1	I felt like I did everything right. I drank green juice every day. I had no coffee. I did all the
0:12.8	things. I ate healthy. I had no sweets. Why me? What did I do wrong? But of course, I trusted the
0:19.3	doctors. I didn't know better. I was a first time mom.
0:23.4	I just, it was like my worst nightmare come true. I hate hospitals. I hate everything about them.
0:28.8	And I had X'd my OBGYN, you know, way before, prior to that, you know, if in the event I did
0:34.6	need a C-section being that I am high risk now, could I have a gentle cesarean?
0:38.9	And I remember him laughing in his office going, oh, no, they don't do those.
0:44.6	I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of Hypniburthing of Connecticut, Childbirth Advocate, and Postpartum Support Specialist.
0:51.4	And I'm Trescia Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board certified
0:56.1	lactation consultant. And this is the Down to Birth podcast. Childbirth is something we're made to do,
1:04.6	but how do we have our safest and most satisfying experience in today's medical culture? Let's
1:09.6	dispel the myths and get down to birth.
1:11.6	My name is Katrina Perkinsino. I live on Long Island in New York.
1:25.7	Got married, 2016.
1:31.1	We got our house 2017, 2018 pregnant with our first child.
1:35.5	Both had teaching jobs in public schools.
1:37.8	Life was perfect, right?
1:39.3	Picture perfect, storybook.
1:43.5	Dream wedding, dream house, dream jobs, right? Got pregnant first try with our beautiful baby.
1:49.2	I thought I had a great pregnancy.
1:52.6	I think it started going downhill when my OBGYN sent me for, I believe it was a level
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