And to the mom, it's not good for the mom's postpartum bleeding.

It's not good for her oxytocin.

It's not good for the baby's temperature.

It's not good for their nervous system.

It's not good for their blood sugar.

They're going to have a harder time latching later.

That alone could derail a woman's breastfeeding experience.

For a hospital to use it against a woman as an argument

not to provide skin to skin is really scary to me. The judge and jury, as far as I'm concerned on this

matter, is what happens when you allow a baby to crawl up the mother after birth? Watch what the

baby does, and now we know what is supposed to happen. The baby does not

crawl up there and go like, oh, hey, mom, little eye contact and rest the cheek down on the breast.

The baby starts using its mouth, opening up, finding the nipple, like targeted right to the

nipple, opens his or her mouth, and starts breastfeeding. Doesn't that just tell us everything

we need to know? I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of hypnoborthing 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.

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