#302 | Facing PTSD with Shoulder Dystocia at Home 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

4.8 • 586 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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In this episode, Allison Angelini shares the profound and challenging story of her second pregnancy and birth. From the start, Allison had a premonition that her birth might not go as planned. Compounding her worries, she experienced a traumatic event while camping with her toddler, which left her grappling with PTSD and anxiety throughout her pregnancy. Despite her fears, Allison pursued a home birth. Her labor was long and intense, complicated by an anterior cervical lip and an instinctive ...

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0:00.0	Yeah, so she felt like it was kind of an atypical shoulder dystosia.
0:08.6	And I couldn't imagine anybody else attending my births.
0:12.7	I have the most incredible relationship with my midwife.
0:17.3	I love her so much.
0:19.6	So this was something that we went through that we've been able to talk about a lot.
0:24.1	And Herb's birth was traumatic for us both.
0:27.7	I started to hear prayers being spoken aloud.
0:30.9	Lord Jesus released this baby.
0:33.2	I'm just so glad I was at home.
0:35.0	Like I'm just so glad that I was at home with the incredibly capable midwives that I was with.
0:39.9	It was just such a blessing.
0:43.3	I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of hypniburthing of Connecticut, childbirth advocate, and postpartum support specialist.
0:50.2	And I'm Trescia Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board certified lactation consultant.
0:56.3	And this is the Down to Birth podcast.
1:00.9	Childbirth is something we're made to do.
1:03.3	But how do we have our safest and most satisfying experience in today's medical culture?
1:08.0	Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.
1:19.5	Yeah. medical culture. Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth. My name is Allison Angelini, and this is the birth story of my second child,
1:24.8	Erb Angelini.
1:27.1	Leading up to Herb's birth, I had actually gone through a trauma.
1:32.6	My daughter had gotten injured.
1:35.3	She fell on a piece of glass and severed her arm, and she was 17 months old.
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