#314 | April Q&A: Epidurals, Pushing Too Soon, Castor Oil Risks, Parental Coping, Gestational Diabetes & Big Babies; How Tall Is Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

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🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Welcome to the April Q&A episode! Today's episode begins with your answers to our question: How do you cope when you are at your breaking point in parenting? If you are looking for some creative ideas, you will find them here! And someone, please tell us where one Mississippi, two Mississippi came from? Next, we get down to birth and answer the following questions: Why do some women choose unmedicated, physiological births despite societal pressures and perceived difficulties? Why n...

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0:00.0	Hi, Cynthia and Tricia.
0:03.8	This is Mary.
0:04.8	I'm 28 weeks pregnant and in my past pregnancies I have used castor oil to induce labor so I
0:13.2	don't go over 42 weeks and I was wondering no one has ever told me what the risks of the
0:17.8	midwife's brew castor oil induction are So would you ladies be able to share that with
0:22.0	when asked about a reason about for these extra interventions, they aren't giving her a straight
0:26.0	answer and they keep coming back to you had a big baby. And on her chart, it's this history
0:30.4	of macrosonia. So she's a little confused as to why there's so much attention put on her
0:34.4	previous baby's birth weight. But then to look back retrospectively and say,
0:39.5	oh, we must have missed something there. Give me a break. Come on. And she is now technically high
0:45.2	risk because she had a big baby the first time. That is absolutely crazy. She's going to be
0:49.9	treated differently. Her birth is going to be managed differently. And the only way out of this
0:53.5	is to get out of the system.
0:57.1	I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of hypniburthing of Connecticut, childbirth advocate, and postpartum
1:02.3	support specialist.
1:04.0	And I'm Tresha Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board certified lactation
1:09.1	consultant.
1:10.1	And this is the Down to Birth Podcast.
1:14.7	Childbirth is something we're made to do, but how do we have our safest and most satisfying
1:19.4	experience in today's medical culture?
1:21.7	Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.
1:32.3	Thank you. and get down to birth. Spring is here at long last.
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