#370 | 43-Week Pregnancy: Jessica and Aaron Researched, Prayed, and Waited

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

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In today's episode, we sat with Ontario couple Jessica and Aaron, who share the birth story of their first child. Jessica's pregnancy included several key decision points, including whether to accept RhoGAM and how to approach care and manage the expectations of their loved ones as they moved well past their due date -- nearly 3 weeks past! They describe how they evaluated risk, navigated recommendations, and remained aligned as a couple under increasing pressure, while working with a midwife...

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0:00.0	And then we did give our midwives a little bit of a run for their money because we were,
0:07.7	we kept declining and we finally scheduled an induction at 43 weeks.
0:14.5	What?
0:16.0	Yep.
0:17.1	Just to give them an answer.
0:18.1	Just to give them an answer because we were like kind of this stressed off of our back.
0:23.0	That is amazing.
0:24.1	Are you feeling stressed at that point about your baby's well-being?
0:28.1	I'm a simple man.
0:29.3	If I see my wife is glowing, she's got their pregnant glow, you know, and the baby's kicking, it seems like they're healthy.
0:36.8	I'm Cynthia Overgard, birth educator, advocate for informed consent, and postpartum
0:42.5	support specialist.
0:44.2	And I'm Tresha Ludwig, certified nurse midwife and international board certified lactation
0:49.0	consultant.
0:50.0	And this is the Down to Birth Show.
0:53.7	Childbirth is something we're made to do.
0:56.2	But how do we have our safest and most satisfying experience in today's medical culture?
1:00.8	Let's dispel the myths and get down to birth.
1:12.0	I'm Jessica. And I'm Jessica.
1:13.1	And I'm Erin.
1:15.7	And we're here to tell the first story of her daughter.
1:21.1	So we found out that we were pregnant in June of 2025.
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