It's hard. And the patients come in generally with not a whole lot of knowledge about what to expect.

And to me, the physicians should be educating them at their prenatal appointments, but that doesn't

happen. And then you also have to maintain that you're going to be working with that doctor

in the future. So you have to walk that line

of not making them angry. It was just a lot of exhaustion trying to fight for my patients

and feeling like there wasn't a whole lot I could do if the doctor said, you need to do this,

you had to do it because that's just the chain of command. And that's what was so hard is that you wanted to do this, you had to do it because that's just the chain of command. And that's what

was so hard is that you wanted to spend this time with women really helping them, really fighting

for them, but you couldn't. As I was wheeling my patient back for a stat C-section, she's obviously

very scared, lots to process, with an earshot, a doctor that

was standing at the nurse's station saying, money, money, money while we were rolling back.

That's someone's life, that's someone's birth story, that someone's body.

It was really devastating.

I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of hypniburthing 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.

All right. Well, Tricia and I are super excited about today's episode.

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