I'm not sure that there is anything that a new parent fears more than their infant's sleep.

It has just been hammered into us that if you sleep with your infant, your infant is going to die,

and you are going to be at fault.

If you ask me, the most important thing about safe cold sleeping is the parent. Is the parent being sober,

being attuned, being responsive, so not extremely sleep deprived because sleep deprivation is a funny

one because everybody feels like they are sleep deprived when they have a baby. But when you're

talking about true sleep deprivation, it's like less than four

hours sleep is what research says. One other question that came in from our community, and there

does seem to be a lot of concern around this and also a lot of societal pressure around this,

and that is how co-sleeping impacts the marital relationship.

Yeah, what do we do about all that endless sex early post-pict?

I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of Hypnoberting of Connecticut, Childbirth Advocate, and Postpartum

Support Specialist. And I'm Trescia 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.

Hello, everyone.

My name is Isadora Ambrose.

I'm founder of Happy CoSleeper.

I'm also a certified holistic infant sleep specialist

trained by Dr. Lindsay Hookway and other big certifications out there for sleep consultants.

I've been working with families for the last seven years supporting families one-to-one, how to navigate infant sleep. And over the

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