This is why mothers and babies should not be separated at all post-birth.

I am becoming increasingly adamant about mothers and babies literally being stuck together

for, you know, days after birth.

It's an understatement to say emotional.

It was my desire to exclusively breastfeed, and I tried everything to increase my supply.

I've heard it all.

I've read it all.

I've tried it all.

I've been so heartbroken over this that it causes me to reconsider having another baby.

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.

Thank you. the myths and get down to birth. Hi.

Hello.

Welcome to the second breastfeeding Q&A.

Yes.

I am excited to be back and answering more of our awesome breastfeeding questions.

So the reason we do this is that we get so many questions for our monthly Q&As that we decided to take at least the breastfeeding questions and put them into a separate episode.

And we might do this in the future with other topics if we got a lot of topics about a certain issue. Like V-back, we did. Like V-back, if we get a lot of, let's say, questions about relationship stuff, we might put that into a special episode, but we do have a lot of questions coming in. And to all of you, women who call in, and by the way, your partners can also call in.

They are welcome to. That would be really awesome if we had more guys involved in this whole

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