So I want to arm everyone today with some of the information ACOG has published because your doctor shouldn't have a leg to stand on to counter this stuff.

This is their organization.

However, then ACOG concluded, get this, the risk increase may not be entirely related to the duration of labor, but to the health

care providers' actions and interventions in response to the longer labor.

There are so many statements in this one guideline that support everything that we talk

about and that obstetricians and even hospital-based midwives are not necessarily following.

Women need to have these statements in their back pocket.

So when they go to their prenatal care or when they're in labor, they can pull it out and be like, listen, this is what your governing body says.

This is evidence-based.

And your people are saying this, not my hypno-who.

That's the best word ever.

I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of hypno-birthing 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.

Thank you. Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth. Big episode today.

Yes, and I have no idea what it is.

It's a little overdue.

Don't worry.

You don't need to be prepared.

You're going to be fine.

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