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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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#189 | November Q&A: Cholestasis; Growth Curve Worries; Petite-Women Birth Concerns; The McRobert's Position; Retained Placenta; Burping & Formula
#188 | Rhogam for Rh Negative Mothers: How It Works and When It Doesn't
#187 | Carrying the Torch of the Midwives Before Us: An Off-The-Record Kind of Conversation with Home Birth Midwife Lindsey Meehleis
#186 | Five Tips for Your Easiest Birth with The Naked Doula
#185 | Reyna's Unmedicated Twin Birth Against Doctors' Orders
#184 | October Q&A: Evening Primrose; Breastmilk Storage; IUGR; Pumping the Second Side; Bacteria in Urine; Longer Gestations & Early Milestones; Postpartum Meals
#183 | Group B Strep: Screening, Risks, Protocols, Problems and Alternatives
#182 | Labor Induction: Risks, Reasons and Results with Dr. Rachel Reed, PhD
#181 | A Motherless Mother in Recovery Experiencing Birth As the Ultimate Surrender
#180 | September Q&A: Family Boundaries; Induction; Cesarean Predisposition; PROM; Marriage After Baby; Lotus Birth; Nausea; Amnio-Infusion
#179 | Creating Healthy, Independent Infant Sleep Habits with Ellie Lindenmayer
#178 | How Out-of-Hospital Birth Prejudice and Provider Bias Harms Mothers and Babies With Attorney Hermine Hayes-Klein
#177 | Going Clean & Green for a Non-Toxic Lifestyle with Carly Hartwig
#176 | August Q&A: Multiple Miscarriages; Evening Primrose Oil; Safe Bed-Sharing; Breastmilk Stashes; Failure to Descend; Pushing; High Blood Pressure
#175 | Optimizing Your Fertility at Any Age with Naturopath Dr. Aumatma
#174 | This is How Your Marriage Ends with Author Matthew Fray
#173 | Obstetric Violence with Home Birth Midwife Anne Margolis, CNM, RN
#172 | Our Sexual Energy as The Secret Weapon to Our Best Birth and Best Life with Kim Anami
#171 | July Q&A: Premature Rupture of Membranes; Hyperemesis Gravidarum; Aspirin in Pregnancy; Waterbirth Safety; Nipple Pain in Pregnancy; Quickies
#170 | An Empowered Cesarean Recovery with Nicole Alfred
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