When a woman has a baby, she will always retain cells of that baby in her body.

And it's actually bidirectional.

So a baby will also always have cells of that mom in him or her.

But in the context of an already disturbed imbalanced system, like what comes to the

surface post-pregnancy, which is a big metabolic undertaking for the body, I think the immune

system is already in a tailspin. So these fetal cells, even though they're not trying to tip that

balance point for sure.

Listen, people, people can die of a broken heart, right?

That's energy around the heart space.

People can destroy their thyroid because they're holding in that painful energy, suppressing

their voice.

These are real things.

I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of hypniburthing of Connecticut,

childbirth advocate, and postpartum support specialist. And I'm Tresha 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. I am Rachel Maranowski.

I am a licensed naturopathic physician.

And first of all, I just want to say thank you both for having me.

I'm excited to spend time with you guys.

And I have four kiddos and I birth them all

naturally in the water alongside nurse midwives. So, and I did hypno birthing. So I have a special

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