Most pregnancies don't have a problem.

Yet in OB world, almost all pregnancies have a problem.

Somebody is not right.

They both can't be true.

So many mothers are given a diagnosis of IUGR at a single visit.

How can you diagnose growth restriction if you're not comparing between more than one data point? Well, the diagnosis used to be

IEGR was less than the third percentile by weight, not by abdomen or thing, and 10th percentile

was small for gestational age. But now they've sort of, they've sort of blurred the lines between

those two. They don't care whether it's small for gestational age or IJR. They don't feel

that their intervention has any negativity. If you're just going, because it is so delightful to

see your baby, let's face it, try to talk a woman out of doing an ultrasound. But now you are

responsible that you opened up a can of worms. We know if they tell you the fluid levels are low, they're going to recommend induction. We know if they find a baby they say is big, and we also know that they're wrong, the vast majority of the time anyway, we know they're going to push a scheduled C-section. We know they're going to tell you it's IUGR. Well, now the best thing you can do is don't get yourself into this mess. Ultrasound has never been shown to make

low-risk women any safer in decades. I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of hypnoborthing of Connecticut,

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.

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.

Hi, guys.

Hey, Stu. Hi, Stu. Welcome back. It's always good to talk to you both.

Always nice to see your smiling eyes.

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