tears just pouring down my face and feeling like pinch me.

I can't even believe this is what happened.

This was the most incredible thing.

And in that hormone of, you know, postpartum hormones, I was also, I just, I went

from like happy tears in elation to just like shaking, sobbing and grieving what had happened

in my first birth. And I almost felt guilty. I, mom guilt is not something that I,

like a culture that I subscribe to. But the guilt that I'm talking about was feeling angry and

sad and indignant about the way that I was treated in Ella's birth,

but like casting that energy around my daughter's entrance into the world, I felt so pissed

off that I had to process that. But what it also did is it helped me really see, wow, what a lie

that that's how we have to do it. That is BS. Like,

that is not what this needs to be. I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of hypnoborthing 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.

Hello, my name is Kate Scudder. I am a mother of two toddlers. I am currently pregnant with my third baby. And I am the CEO and founder of the millionaire mother. And I am so excited to be here today to share with you all about my two different birth stories. In particular, my second, which was the single biggest life-changing experience that I have had.

We are very excited to hear your stories. So are you going to start with your first birth?

Yes. So, okay. So I, and I didn't mention this before, but I live in Maine. So we live on a homestead.

We live, we have 12 acres here in Maine and moved back to

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