337 Episodes

  1. #74 | Table For Five: Author Ted Yang Gives Voice To Fathers Who've Lost A Baby

    Published: 1/13/2021

  2. #73 | Trisha Mini: The Six Week Postpartum Visit: No, I'm Not Ready to Have Sex

    Published: 1/11/2021

  3. #72 | The Winding Road Through Postpartum with Claude Racine-Valinsky

    Published: 1/6/2021

  4. #71 | December Q&A: Postpartum Hair Loss; Fear of Childbirth; Sex During Pregnancy; Postpartum Resentment; Induction for High Blood Pressure; A Mother's Stress on Baby; Co-Lactation in Same-Sex Parent

    Published: 12/30/2020

  5. #70 | Home Birth on Little Cranberry Island Breaks 93-Year Streak

    Published: 12/23/2020

  6. #69 | Birth Story Mini: Courtney's Birth Managing Rh Incompatibility with RhoGam

    Published: 12/21/2020

  7. #68 | Our Five Must-Hear Episodes of 2020

    Published: 12/16/2020

  8. #67 | Leah's Birth Story: From Trauma to Triumph in Two Dramatically Different Births

    Published: 12/9/2020

  9. #66 | Informed Pregnancy: Interview with Dr. Elliot Berlin

    Published: 12/2/2020

  10. #65 | Birth Story Mini: Jen's First VBAC After Placenta Previa

    Published: 11/30/2020

  11. #64 | November Q&A: Comfort Foods & Breast Milk; Water-Birthing Temperatures; Struggling with Asking For Help; Antenatal Colostrum; Labor Breathing Techniques; Pubis Symphysis Dysfunction; Combating N

    Published: 11/25/2020

  12. #63 | Planning Your Successful VBAC

    Published: 11/18/2020

  13. #62 | Cynthia Mini: Deconstructing "Supportive Partners"

    Published: 11/16/2020

  14. #61 | When Breastfeeding Sucks: Interview with Zainab Yate

    Published: 11/11/2020

  15. #60 | Love + Marriage + Baby: Interview with Maggie O'Connor, LMFT

    Published: 11/4/2020

  16. #59 | Birth Story Mini: Andrea's Natural Birth

    Published: 11/2/2020

  17. #58 | October Q&A: Milk Supply; VBA2C; Second-Pregnancy Symptoms; Urge to Push; Sitz Baths; Vertex Babies Who Flip

    Published: 10/28/2020

  18. #57 | Childbirth: A Woman's Awakening with Certified Professional Midwife, Joni Stone

    Published: 10/21/2020

  19. #56 | Breastfeeding Mini: The Importance of Establishing Your Milk Supply in the First Month

    Published: 10/19/2020

  20. #55 | Against Many Odds: Jasmine's Vaginal Delivery After Two Cesarean Sections (VBA2C)

    Published: 10/14/2020

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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.