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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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#91 | Colleen's VBAC: Relying on Instinct over Provider
#90 | March Q&A: Ultrasounds; VBAC Providers; Vaginal Exams; PPD in Pregnancy; Exploring Home Birth; Distraction Techniques in Labor
#89 | Birth Story Mini: Kimberly's Unplanned Home Birth
#88 | Jamie's Unattended Freebirth with Twins
#87 | Postpartum Rage: The Outburst-Guilt-Shame Cycle
#86 | Breastfeeding Mini: The Three Most Common Challenges for Breastfeeding Moms
#85 | Understanding Gestational Diabetes with Dietitian Leslee Flannery
#84 | Lynne's Last Minute Home Birth After Two C-Sections
#83 | February Q&A: Plus-Size Pregnancy; What to Wear During Birth; Waking a Sleeping Baby; Implications of a Subchorionic Hematoma; Waterbirth & Baby's First Breath; Best Times to Pump
#82 | Birth Story Mini: Stefanie's Home Birth After C-Section (HBAC)
#81 | Andrea Left the Hospital AMA (Against Medial Advice) to Avoid Induction
#80 | Roundtable: Mothers Who've Miscarried
#79 | Cynthia Mini: What is Medical Rhetoric?
#78 | Christina's Run From Induction to a Home Birth with Group B Strep
#77 | January Q&A: Co-sleeping; Prodromal Labor; Switching Providers; Third Babies; Conceiving While Breastfeeding; Vaginal Dryness; Baby-Led Weaning; Hep-Locks and IVs
#76 | Birth Story Mini: Tara's Empowered Birth During Covid
#75 | Fetal Monitoring and Fetal Distress with Midwife-Author Amy Romano
#74 | Table For Five: Author Ted Yang Gives Voice To Fathers Who've Lost A Baby
#73 | Trisha Mini: The Six Week Postpartum Visit: No, I'm Not Ready to Have Sex
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