He essentially said to me, I'm surprised your motherly instincts have not kicked in yet.

It's concerning to me that your baby is still inside of you.

And then he said to me, well, what do you need us for then?

You don't want to do what we want you to do.

So just go home and have your baby at home he

literally gave the analogy he said if you were at a bank and a robber came in with a gun would you

hold your kid up and use him as a shield what and now i have three doctors telling me that

they need to get this baby out because it's been too long. I've turned

down inductions. You know, we've had meetings about you. The whole hospital knows about you.

They're saying all this stuff. So when I get to the hospital, I was like, oh, you're the 42-week mom.

You're the talk of the town.

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. Well, I'm really excited to be here. Thank you for having me. This is my first time on a podcast,

so this is really exciting. My name is Carolyn. I was here to introduce myself, but my name is

Carolyn, and I have a son who is almost turning one now.

So this is about a year ago when I was going through all of this.

And I hope that this story provides the listener with, you know, courage to stand up for herself

and, you know, educate herself and just really trust herself more through her

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