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Down to Birth#163 | Postpartum Roundtable: A Candid Conversation on Postpartum Depression, Anxiety, Unmet Expectations & Spousal ChallengesSend us a textToday's episode is another special roundtable, in which we sat with some postpartum women in Cynthia’s kitchen to talk about their experiences with anxiety, depression, panic attacks, arguments with their spouses, lack of professional and personal support and unmet expectations. Amy is a young mother of three; Devon is a forty-year old mother of one. Through tears and some laughter, you’ll discover that much of what a struggling mom experiences in her early months and years is universal, and even with different lifestyles and networks of support, it’s the emotional journey...2022-06-011h 06Down to Birth#75 | Fetal Monitoring and Fetal Distress with Midwife-Author Amy RomanoSend us a textTo monitor or not monitor: that is the question. More specifically, how to best monitor your baby in labor without causing undue worry and intervention is the question of today's episode. Author, midwife, and researcher Amy Romano MBA, MSN, CNM tells us that a large body of evidence on fetal heart rate monitoring indicates that we are likely looking for and finding problems that don't actually exist when it comes your baby's heartbeat in labor. And there is a significant cost to both mom and baby including higher rates of cesarean section, mor...2021-01-2047 minDown to Birth#10 | Cynthia's First Birth Story: Taking Charge of Giving BirthSend us a textThe story of Cynthia's first birth has been published internationally in various print media between 2007 and 2020, under the the original title Off Her Back and, later, Taking Charge of Giving Birth. Some of those publications include Mothering magazine, Pathways to Family Wellness, and a textbook called Opposing Viewpoints: Childbirth. It's the story of a once-uninformed, overwhelmed woman who channeled her anxiety into educating herself, advocating for herself, and later firing her obstetrician, hiring midwives, and facing her fear of natural childbirth using HypnoBirthing. In the end, she birthed her 8 lb. 14 oz son in...2020-02-1255 minDown to Birth#5 | Preterm Babies & the Case for Midwifery Care: Interview with Midwife/Author Amy RomanoSend us a textCertified Nurse Midwife and award-winning author of Optimal Care in Childbirth: The Case for a Physiologic Approach, Amy Romano, joins us today to share dramatic trends ranging from physiologic to sociologic, which are contributing to poor outcomes in the U.S., especially for black women. What are the risk factors for preterm birth, and do those risk factors impact black and white women differently? What mental and emotional factors are contributing to preterm babies? Finally, Amy discusses the provider/client benefits of a Yale model of care involving group midwifery care.2020-01-1541 min