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Down to Birth

#254 | February Q&A: Vomiting in Labor, Cord Traction, Pacifiers, Probiotics and Plugged Ducts, Breast Milkshake, PPH, Bicornuate Uterus

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

4.8586 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to the February Q&A with Cynthia & Trisha. To kick things off, we share some of your New Year's Resolutions--don't miss this as Trisha makes Cynthia momentarily speechless! Next, we dive into your questions beginning with: Is cord traction really necessary to birth the placenta? Another woman explains that she always throws up in labor right when her water breaks and asks if this is normal. Also, a new mother is curious if giving her baby a pacifier will be harmful or helpful....

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0:00.0

Hey there. This is Jessica from Atlanta and I've actually got a question on behalf of one of my really good friends who is pregnant and at her first ultrasound, she's about nine weeks and they said it looks like from some angles you have a bicaruate uterus.

0:18.2

What needs to be done for care of an uncircumcised baby?

0:22.3

An intact baby is the first thing that needs to be done.

0:25.6

Good language.

0:26.4

Good change.

0:27.1

What questions do I ask when I'm interviewing Adula?

0:30.3

So my question, I don't believe I've ever heard it asked before, is about pacifiers.

0:36.4

It just feels like our bodies don't really need someone to manage the

0:40.6

placenta every time. And I'm wondering what is the best practice as far as management of the

0:46.0

third stage with low risk women in the homebirth? It actually helps the cervix open. So it's a good

0:51.1

thing if it happens. If it doesn't happen, it's not a bad thing.

0:59.3

The throwing up helps it open, really? Yeah. Like the physiologic experience of throwing up.

1:06.2

Open mouth, open surface. I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of hypnoborthing of Connecticut,

1:12.6

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.

1:20.8

Childbirth is something we're made to do, but how do we have our safest and most satisfying experience

1:26.2

in today's medical culture?

1:30.3

Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.

1:39.9

All right.

1:40.9

Yellow.

1:42.5

I'm no longer saying hi.

1:43.8

You don't say hi.

2:01.1

Should I don't say hi? Do I? Should I say? Should I don't know if you feel like it? Do you think people get the joke? Do you think they know the joke? They would have to die hard fans to really know the story. They would have to have been with us from the beginning. Or be, well, there are a lot of people binging. We hear that all the time. They're starting at the, they just binge. But we need to ask that question. We need to take a poll and see how many people who find our show start with

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