So I'm just wondering how important weight gain is and how big of a deal midwives should make out of it.

I ended up with ruptured blood vessels in both of my eyes.

I also developed an anal fissure that took 16 months to heal.

I'm just not sure what I could have done wrong during pussy. A reason that water

births often don't happen in the hospital and aren't permitted is because a specific kind of

bacteria will exist in the hospital, but not in an out-of-hospital environment. And I'm wondering

what you think about that. This is another one of the ridiculous ways. Hospitals start

stories or rumors. This is how nonsense gets spread. Anyway, I was going to say everyone is going to love

what I'm going to say next because as we all know, and as many clients have teased me for,

I basically never swear. But Barbara is forcing me because she gave a two-word response when I shared

this. She wrote back, and I quote, total bullshit. That's it. I'm Cynthia Overgard,

birth educator, advocate for informed consent, 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 Show.

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. Let's begin today by me asking a question of you.

Oh, let's hear it.

In response to a conversation that we have been having on or I've been having on Instagram

with some of our followers, I want to ask you how you feel about the best age to start

having children.

Do you think it's better to have children younger? Do you think it's better to have children younger?

Do you think it's better to have children older? Do you think somewhere in the middle?

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