#301 | January Q&A: Cervical Scarring, Shoulder Dystocia, Prenatal Vitamins, Birthing the Placenta in Water, Postpartum Aches & Pains

Down to Birth

Cynthia Overgard & Trisha Ludwig

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🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Welcome to the first Q&A episode of Season 6 with Cynthia & Trisha! We’re kicking things off by discussing some lesser-known causes of cervical scar tissue that could impact labor progress. It’s a good reminder to consider how any procedure or reproductive intervention might affect future births. In this episode, we answer a new collection of listener questions, including one about a mom-to-be who wants a home birth but is feeling uneasy about having someone else in the house to watch...

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0:00.0	Hi ladies. I was wondering if you could talk more about shoulder dystosia. I feel like it's
0:08.8	pretty common. I had it in my unmedicated birth. My friend had it in her unmedicated birth,
0:13.5	and my other friend had it in her second unmedicated birth. And my question is revolving around
0:19.0	the birth of the placenta in the birth pool. My midwife says that she is
0:25.8	uncomfortable with the idea of it. She said specifically she's nervous about not being able to tell
0:32.0	what blood came from me and what blood came from the placenta. Hi, everyone.
0:38.1	This is Barbara Harper, Director of Water Birth International.
0:42.1	Let's look at the four occasions when blood comes into the water.
0:49.7	I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of Hypnoberthing of Connecticut,
0:53.4	childbirth advocate, and postpartum support specialist. And I'm Tresgard, owner of hypniburthing of Connecticut, childbirth advocate, and postpartum
0:55.1	support specialist. And I'm Tresha Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board certified
1:01.5	lactation consultant. And this is the Down to Birth Podcast. Childbirth is something we're
1:08.9	made to do, but how do we have our safest and most satisfying experience in today's medical culture?
1:14.5	Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.
1:24.8	Well, here we are, the January Q&A. As cold as it gets in the Northeast, pretty much. We got a little snow today. That was great. Yeah, a little dusting. It's already gone in Westport. Actually, it kind of is here, too. It doesn't last long. Well, here we are talking about the weather. I know. I was just going to say that. The one thing we said we're not allowed to talk about, here we go. Why does that happen?
1:48.9	There's nothing wrong talking about the weather. But we are here to talk about other things.
1:52.3	So we can find something much more interesting to talk about.
1:59.8	You gave me a text earlier and said you found something interesting on, was it on leap procedures or on cervical scar tissue or what?
2:05.5	Well, we just recently released Kelsey's episode, which explained how her labor was impacted by her routine pap smear that turned into a leap procedure.
2:12.1	Unbeknownst to her, she had no idea how it would affect her labor.
2:14.5	And so she shared an article that a midwife, or maybe her
2:17.9	midwife, wrote back in 2019 about cervical scar tissue. The article is titled cervical scar
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