336 Episodes

  1. #152 | The Impact of Birth Stress on Infant Development with Ontrack Baby

    Published: 3/16/2022

  2. #151 | Labor & Delivery: A Nurse Shares Why She Left Obstetrics

    Published: 3/9/2022

  3. #150 | Myth of the Aging Placenta with Midwife/Author Dr. Rachel Reed

    Published: 3/2/2022

  4. #149 | February Q&A: Eating in Labor; Leaking Breastmilk; Postpartum Bodies; Homebirth & Ultrasound; Ovulation After Baby; Birthing Positions; Quickies

    Published: 2/23/2022

  5. #148 | Choosing Egg Freezing: The Process, Cost, Benefits and Rationale

    Published: 2/16/2022

  6. #147 | Stefanie's Birth Story: Healing Generational Birth Trauma

    Published: 2/9/2022

  7. #146 | Finding Autonomy and Asserting Your Birth Plan with Fierce Lizzie

    Published: 2/2/2022

  8. #145 | January Q&A: Hypertension & Induction; Boundaries with In-Laws; Posterior Babies; Birth Centers; Distracted Breast Feeders; Limited Provider Options; The "Nurse Curse"; Quickies!

    Published: 1/26/2022

  9. #144 | Restrengthening from Within through Yoga with Deb Flashenberg of The Prenatal Yoga Center

    Published: 1/19/2022

  10. #143 | Radical Boundaries in Birth with Guest Host Tranquility by Hehe

    Published: 1/12/2022

  11. #142 | Healing from Birth Trauma with Hypnosis: Molly's Birth Story

    Published: 1/5/2022

  12. New Year's Eve Bonus | Our Youngest Listener

    Published: 12/31/2021

  13. #141 | December Q&A: Increasing Breastmilk; Urge to Push; Cervadil; Posterior Cervix; PP Anxiety; Big Placentas; The Purple Line; Amusement Parks in Pregnancy

    Published: 12/29/2021

  14. #140 | How to Write Your Birth Story with Carrie Murphy

    Published: 12/22/2021

  15. #139 | Katie's Gentle Birth After a Host of Unnecessary Interventions the First Time Around

    Published: 12/15/2021

  16. #138 | Legal Case Study #1 with Attorney Hermine Hayes-Klein: Traumatized at a Major Teaching Hospital While Interns Watched and Learned

    Published: 12/8/2021

  17. #137 | When Providers Get It Wrong: Kassidy's Birth Story of Mistreatment and Claiming Her Power

    Published: 12/1/2021

  18. #136 | November Q&A: Membrane Sweeps, PP Hemorrhage, PP hormones & Mood Disorders, When to go to the Hospital, Cord Traction, Group B Strep

    Published: 11/24/2021

  19. #135 | Covid Vaccine Research for Breastfeeding Moms with Dr. Kaytlin Krutsch of Texas Tech University's Infant Risk Research Team

    Published: 11/17/2021

  20. #134 | Pitocin for Labor: Why and Why Not

    Published: 11/10/2021

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Join Cynthia Overgard and Trisha Ludwig once per week for evidence-based straight talk on pregnancy, birth and postpartum --- beyond the clichés and beyond the system. With 40 years' combined experience in midwifery, childbirth education and advocacy, publishing, research and postpartum care, we've guided thousands of families toward safer, more empowered choices. Down to Birth is all about safe childbirth, while recognizing a safe outcome isn't all that matters. We challenge the status quo, explore women's rights in childbirth, and feature women from all over the world, shining shine light on the policies, culture, and systemic forces that shape our most intimate and transformative of life experiences. You'll hear the birth stories of our clients, listeners and numerous celebrities. You'll benefit from our expert-interviews, and at any time you can submit your questions for our monthly Q&A episodes by calling us at 802-GET-DOWN. With millions of downloads and listeners in 90 countries, our worldwide community of parents and birth professionals coms together to learn, question and create change, personally and societally. We're on Instagram at @downtobirthshow and at Patreon.com/downtobirthshow, where we offer live ongoing events multiple times per month. Become informed, feel empowered, and join the movement toward better maternity care in the United States and worldwide. As always, hear everyone, listen to yourself.