The doctor finally came in about an hour or so later to do the cervical exam.

She lays me down and she goes in there and she's like, oh, no, that's a foot.

And so right in then then there, I was just like, oh, my gosh, my heart just kind of sank

because I knew I was like, this is going to be a C-section.

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.

Well, my name is Devin.

I'm a first-time mom.

I'm fresh postpartum.

My baby was born seven weeks ago today.

I had a baby girl born via C-section, which was not my original plan. So that's kind of wanted to share today

is kind of just that whole whole process. But I wanted to also kind of give just a little bit of a

background. So I'm a functional nutritionist, very much into health and wellness space,

but my background's also in nursing. I've been a nurse for 13 years. Most of that time was in the ER. I actually

even spent a little bit of time on an L&D unit. So my experience with hospital births just from that

was always a little bit tainted, you know, seeing kind of the worst outcomes. It's always this

really intense. So even prior to getting pregnant, I was always a little bit

scared to give birth just because I've seen kind of the worst outcomes until I learned this past

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