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Down to Birth

#270 | Trusting Birth: The Journey From Maiden to Mother with Lea @trusting_birth

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

🗓️ 19 June 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Can you imagine giving birth without ever "checking on" your baby? Without a test, an ultrasound, a need for reassurance from others that your baby is okay? And, what does it mean to cross the threshold from Maiden to Mother? How does a woman step into her wiser feminine self, relinquishing her controlled, organized, masculine energy and need for control in birth? What is required of a woman to feel so safe in her body that she can release hypervigilance and surrender fully to the power of he...

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How does this influence a woman when she becomes pregnant and when she gives birth?

0:06.7

I mean, your theory is that most women are coming into pregnancy and birth more in their

0:11.4

masculine energy.

0:13.6

How does that impact their birth?

0:15.1

What does it look like?

0:16.5

And how is a woman to know?

0:20.7

Because she doesn't trust herself. She doesn't trust her baby.

0:24.6

She doesn't trust her body. She needs all the science, all the statistics, all the authority

0:30.8

figures telling her she's safe, giving her evidence that everything's going to be fine.

0:35.5

She's seeking external evidence for proof that she's safe,

0:39.2

and nothing's ever enough. When she goes against an ultrasound that shows everything's okay,

0:45.4

in a few days she'll start worrying again because she doesn't feel deeply rooted and safe in her body.

0:51.4

All this external statistics and knowledge to feel safe because you don't feel safe in her body. All this external statistics and knowledge to feel safe because you don't feel

0:57.4

safe in your body. The fears come back up, the worries come back up, and it's this like thirst that

1:03.5

can never be quenched. I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of hypnoborthing of Connecticut, childbirth

1:10.5

advocate, and postpartum support specialist. And I'm Tresgard, owner of hypniburthing of Connecticut, childbirth advocate, and postpartum

1:11.8

support specialist. And I'm Tresha Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board

1:17.7

certified lactation consultant. And this is the Down to Birth Podcast. Childbirth is something

1:25.4

we're made to do, but how do we have our safest and most satisfying

1:29.0

experience in today's medical culture? Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.

1:37.7

My name is Leah. I am the woman behind trusting birth Instagram account. I have a podcast,

1:49.8

Wise Women Diaries, and I am passionate about both of these avenues. I'm a very passionate

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