#244 | Our First-Annual "Ask Us Anything Personal"

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

🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 81 minutes

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As we gear up for our season finale next week, we've got a special treat for you today – a "holiday special" episode that's a departure from our usual format. In this extra-long, off-the-record conversation, which we recorded Friday night at Trisha's house, we're delving into the personal questions you've been curious about throughout 2023. That's right, we're steering clear of the usual birth-related questions, and don't worry, you'll get your full dose of those in next week's December Q&...

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0:00.0	Tricia, this is like perfect to like segue for you. How many kids did you want before you got married and how many do you actually have? Okay. I have three. I just remember what I had a dream last night that you were having a fourth. I have dreams about that all this time. I'm not kidding. I had a dream last night you were pregnant with a fourth. It just came to me. Oh, boy. My God, do it. No, no, no. That would, no.
0:24.2	I don not kidding. I had a dream last night. You were pregnant with the fourth. It just came to me. Oh, boy.
0:21.0	My God, do it. No, no, no. That would no. No. Don't encourage her. What are you doing?
0:28.9	Yeah, be careful. I just know how to get my husband to try to understand the mental load I have as a working mom.
0:36.1	He never will. Yeah, he never will. Don't try.
0:39.9	What is one final thought you want to leave listeners with? I want you to believe it gets easier.
0:47.1	Your marriage gets easier. Taking care of your body gets easier. Your independence gets easier.
0:52.2	Don't be sad about the notion of your children getting older
0:54.9	and the sentimentality around these beautiful, precious little chubby cheek, kissable children
1:01.4	getting older because you will just keep loving them more and more. So don't be afraid of them
1:06.2	getting older because the love that you're enjoying keeps expanding. And yet, while that's happening, you get more
1:13.4	liberated and free. And there's less strain in your marriage. And there's more freedom in your life.
1:20.0	So I just want to tell women to not worry. I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of Hypnoberthing of Connecticut, childbirth advocate, and postpartum support
1:31.5	specialist. And I'm Tresha Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board-certified
1:37.6	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
1:47.9	satisfying experience in today's medical culture?
1:50.6	Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.
2:04.5	Well, I'm excited for this.
2:06.2	Yeah, so are we.
2:07.7	It's going to be fun.
2:08.3	Let's go.
2:09.7	Come on, Trisha.
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