#368 | Kristina's Vaginal Breech Birth at the Eleventh Hour

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

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In today's episode, Kristina shares her breech birth story following a long journey marked by cycle irregularities, miscarriage, and difficulty conceiving. At 40 weeks, she learned that her baby was breech and was scheduled for a C-section, despite having been told throughout pregnancy that the baby was head down. Unwilling to move forward with surgery, Kristina sought out an alternative and ultimately found a physician in Connecticut willing to support a hospital-based vaginal breech birth. ...

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0:00.0	And my midwife felt and she was like, I don't think something's right.
0:06.6	She did request I had an ultrasound.
0:08.4	I agreed to it and she was breached.
0:10.5	So I found this out a day before my 40 weeks.
0:13.4	Very shocking to all of us.
0:15.9	My husband was really concerned with me doing anything other than what my obese office was suggesting.
0:23.0	And a lot of family members and friends were concerned about going against that as well.
0:27.6	They kind of just wanted me to get the C-section and, you know, meet the baby.
0:31.0	And that was that.
0:32.6	But I knew that was not right for me or my baby.
0:36.9	I'm Cynthia Overgard, birth educator, advocate for informed consent, and postpartum
0:42.6	support specialist.
0:44.3	And I'm Tresha Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board certified lactation
0:49.1	consultant.
0:50.2	And this is the Down to Birth Show.
0:53.9	Childbirth is something we're made to do.
0:56.4	But how do we have our safest and most satisfying experience in today's medical culture?
1:01.0	Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.
1:17.8	Hi, my name is Christina. I live in Rhode Island. My daughter just had her 13th month birthday,
1:24.0	and I live with my husband and three dogs, and I'm a registered nurse. I'm here to tell my breech vaginal birth story today, and I'm really excited to share it with everyone. I just
1:28.7	wanted to preface and kind of tell you more about how our journey first started. After we got married,
1:34.8	I had stopped birth control after being on it for about 10 years, which I do feel played a part
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