#360 | March Q&A: Wild Pregnancy Comments, Tipsy Family Member at Home Birth, Repeat Shoulder Dystocia, Pregnancy Irritability and More

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

4.8 • 586 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2026

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Welcome to the March Q&A! We begin today’s episode with a conversation about the strange, intrusive, and sometimes downright insulting comments women receive in public while pregnant. We also share a listener story about a home birth that took an unexpected turn when a woman’s mother, meant to support her during labor, ended up creating some chaos after drinking too much wine. Next, we address feeling unusually irritable toward an older child during pregnancy, what to consider after exper...

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0:00.0	Not knowing when labor would start, she imbibed a bit too much wine the evening I went into
0:07.5	real labor after two nights of prodromal contractions.
0:11.1	After the midwives arrived, she fell down the stairs on her way to the bathroom.
0:14.5	When my husband opened the door to check on her, he and the midwife got a total eyeful.
0:19.1	So embarrassing.
0:20.1	Baby came out super quick, but my midwife had to
0:22.3	break her arm to get her out. So I feel like it makes sense that my third baby should probably be a
0:27.4	C-section. It seems like I'm high risk for shoulder disdose, and then also with the tearing.
0:32.9	How long should you wait before getting pregnant again? And what is the best way to prevent
0:36.7	pregnancies postpartum?
0:39.0	Okay.
0:40.1	Postpartum resentment.
0:41.6	Yeah.
0:43.3	Sleep deprivation.
0:44.8	Feeling touched out.
0:48.7	So many options.
0:51.7	I'm Cynthia Overgard, birth educator, advocate for informed consent, and postpartum support
0:57.9	specialist. And I'm Tresha Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board-certified
1:03.7	lactation consultant. And this is the Down to Birth Show. Childbirth is something we're
1:10.2	made to do, but how do we have our safest and most
1:13.2	satisfying experience in today's medical culture?
1:15.9	Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.
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