#228 | August Q&A: Routine PP Pitocin, Insufficient Glandular Tissue, Boundaries with In-laws, Fundal Massage, Fore-milk, Manual Dilation, Weight Gain in Pregnancy, A Husband with Addiction

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

🗓️ 30 August 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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It's time for the August Q&A episode with Cynthia & Trisha! We kick off today's episode with the crazy and unsupportive comments most often heard by our listeners. Grab a cup of coffee or tea, and get ready for some laughs. Next, we get into our questions, including: Is routine Pitocin postpartum necessary? What can you tell me about insufficient glandular tissue and breastfeeding? What to do about family members who use sweets as a way to get children's attention? Is aggressive fund...

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0:00.0	Hey ladies, I have a question about weight gain during pregnancy.
0:08.8	A quick Google search shows me that it's recommended to gain anywhere from 25 to 35 pounds.
0:17.0	However, I am 29 weeks and I have already gained the 35 pounds.
0:21.2	I was diagnosed with IGT or insufficient glandular tissue after the birth of my first and was
0:27.5	wondering if you can talk about any experience you have with this regarding breastfeeding.
0:31.4	The evidence is pretty clear that the routine use of potosin to prevent postpartum
0:37.1	hemorrhage and women at low risk for postpartum hemorrhage is not effective. I feel for doulas because they go into this work ready to be loving and inspired and to have like this beautiful line of work. They're willing to get up in the middle of the night to have no idea when they're going back home. And what happens is they often end up witnessing assault and abuses,
0:54.7	only to feel guilty after the birth because she couldn't do more to help that mom.
1:00.1	I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of hypnoborthing of Connecticut,
1:03.5	childbirth advocate, and postpartum support specialist.
1:07.0	And I'm Trescia Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board certified lactation consultant.
1:13.1	And this is the Down to Birth podcast.
1:17.7	Childbirth is something we're made to do, but how do we have our safest and most satisfying experience in today's medical culture?
1:24.8	Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.
1:36.0	Okay. today's medical culture. Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth. Hello, everyone. Welcome to the August Q&A. We are back on this hot summer day.
1:44.0	And Tricia, remember on instagram when we asked women
1:48.0	unsupportive comments people have made to them in their pregnancy we knew we would get a lot
1:52.3	we knew a lot of them would be the same rhetoric we hear right you'll be screaming for an
1:56.5	epidural don't be a hero there were lots of those those, but we got some, oh yeah. We got some
2:00.9	particularly unique ones that I thought it would be fun for us to share, and I'm saving my
2:06.6	absolute favorite one for last. Okay. Let's pull that up. Shall I begin? Yeah, sure. Okay. First one
2:15.0	says, in quotations, you say that now because you don't know how bad it actually
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