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Hello and is it too late to still say Happy New Year?! Cynthia & Trisha are back with the first Q&A of 2024 in season five of the Down to Birth Show! We kick it off today by sharing some of your highs and lows from the holiday season. Next, we get into our questions beginning with a mother who had low milk supply with her first baby and wonders what she can do in pregnancy and birth to prevent it from happening again; one curious listener wants to know if she can check her own cervix to help determine at what point she should go to the hospital; another caller asks us to explain why due dates are based on your last menstrual period rather than your ovulation date--what happens to those two weeks?
In our extended version, available on Apple subscriptions and Patreon, we first answer a question about normal, healthy sleep patterns for infants and the pressure mothers face to have the baby "sleep through the night." Then we answer if and when "cervical massage" is indicated for a cervix that might be scarred from a previous cervical procedure. Another mom is concerned that her midwives missed a case of early jaundice in her newborn and inquires if getting the RhoGAM shot in pregnancy could have prevented the jaundice. Finally, one mother explains her OB's behavior around her choice to have a VBAC and we chime in with our take on his audacity!
Last, we close with a round of quickies addressing morning sickness, postpartum hemorrhage, GBS swabbing, IUGR and the strangest things we've ever eaten!
Thank you for your great questions and keep them coming at 802-438-3696 or 802-GET-DOWN.
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#33 | Breastfeeding Mini: Out With The Rules, In With Your Instincts
#32 | June Q&A: The Difference Between HypnoBirthing and Bradley, When Formula Might be Needed, What's a Cystocele, When To Allow Family Members at the Birth, Membrane Stripping and Vaginal Exams
#31 | Megan of Wilson Family Homestead's Birth Story: Unattended Home Birth in the Kitchen
#30 | Birth Story Mini: Three Pushes and Lydia's Baby Was Out - In Triage!
#29 | Birth Control and Your Libido: Interview with Ann Konkoly, Certified Nurse Midwife
#28 | Claude Racine-Valinsky's Birth Story: No Place Like Home
#27 | Postpartum Mini: The Link Between Postpartum Depression and Wonderful Mothers
#26 | May Q&A: Refusing Newborn Interventions, Birthing the Placenta, Breastfeeding Support At Birth, Co-Sleeping
#25 | Your Core & Pelvic Floor: Interview with Women's Health Physical Therapist Tara Gibson
#24 | HypnoBirthing Mini: Group B Strep with Released Membranes and Her Instinct Told Her to Run from Induction
#23 | Lisa Bass's Birth Story: In the Hospital, In a Car, and At Home
#22 | Birth Into Being: Interview with Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova
#21 | April Q&A: Supporting the Immune System in Pregnancy, Painful Postpartum Sex, Your Rights Regarding Separation of Baby After Childbirth, Why You Can Skip the Newborn Bath, What to Expect During
Bonus Episode | How Doulas Support Couples During COVID-19: Interview with Doula Colleen Myatt
#20 | Cord Blood Banking and How It Can Help with Diabetes, Cancer, Alzheimer's and Autism: Interview with Marion Welch of Cryo-Cell International
#19 | Sexual Assault & Childbirth: Interview with Author Lindsay Gibson
#18 | Courtney's Birth Story: Baby + Triplets Make Four
#17 | Roundtable: How COVID-19 Protocols are Affecting Pregnant Couples
#16 | March Q&A: COVID-19 Update for Expecting Parents, Uterine Scars & Childbirth, When Your Partner's Birth Plan Differs from Yours, Taking Hot Baths & Sleep Positions in Pregnancy, Missing Out on t
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