Hi ladies. I had a question for you. I recently heard and saw someone making the argument that water in birth is actually an intervention.

I have a hard time viewing water as an intervention. I'm not convinced that women thousands of years ago were not birthing in water because it's it's of nature and babies

are in water. This is coming from the natural birth community. Well, the medical birth community

is going to love this then. You can't really maintain an oversupply unless you are collecting the milk.

You have to stop collecting the milk and then your supply will regulate to the baby.

And it shows that it minimally shortens the second stage of labor. However, there was a

significant increase in the use of rotational forceps. Right. Meaning that they're using the

forceps to change the position of the baby to help the baby come out. It just goes to show one

thing always leads to another. It's like, oh, yay, the potocin baby to help the baby come out. It just goes to show one thing always leads to another.

It's like, oh, yay, the potocin did speed up the second stage a little bit.

But yeah, the baby is not coming down, working out the position that that baby needs to be in.

We have no idea about the downstream effects.

I'm Cynthia Overgard, owner of Hypnoberthingthing 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.

Welcome to the September Q&A.

Hello.

My goodness, we've been at our microphones a lot lately.

Doesn't I feel like we're just?

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