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Placenta Problems? It might be dads 'fault'.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/08/130815133058.htm?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR0M-r54dHvl1kT0mKccohPvwO6Kfoms3ukMZqthMeToaQFBlFSIYvj1hwo_aem_wD3LvJCb-eaWAtO_Dr-gjw

Dad's genes build placentas, explaining grandsire effect Placentas support the fetus and mother, but those organs grow according to blueprints from dad, according to new research. The study shows that the genes in a fetus that come from the father dominate in building the fetal side of the placenta.

A simple affirmation, repeated to yourself daily, can be SO powerful. This simple tool can encourage and empower you in planning and be incredibly grounding during labor. The more you practice, the more these words become natural self-talk.

There is a wide range of normal, and 42 weeks is in it.

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Induction 👉 increased pain 👉 epidural 👉 non-reassuring fetal heart tones 👉 "emergency" c-section

Do you see what happened there?

That was the cascade of interventions.

It starts with something that you're told is harmless, like an induction. "It's the same as natural labor", they say. "Aren't you ready to meet your baby?!" they say. "Your baby is measuring big," they say.

So you agree.

But then the pain is too much. The contractions are right on top of each other. You can't get a break.

"If you get an epidural, you can rest," they say.

So you agree.

And you do get some rest, but then your baby's heart rate is starting to dip and not recover.

"Baby's not tolerating labor well. We think we should get them out," they say. They mean c-section. You're afraid for your baby.

So you agree.

"Thank goodness you were in the hospital," your family says. "Those doctors and nurses saved your baby."

But did they?

Maybe. But if they had left you alone, if they hadn't induced you unnecessarily, if you had gone into labor on your own and given birth how you wanted, would there have been anything to even save you from?

I hear this exact story almost daily. Some women recognize what was done to them, others don't. Either way loads of them end up with depression, anxiety, and PTSD from their birth experience, and it didn't have to be that way.

• I’m just gonna leave this here 💁🏼‍♀️

Our obsession with controlling birth is getting out of hand. Using a generic, one size fits all, method to determine when your baby should be evicted by is ridiculous and leads to incredible rates of intervention and negative experiences.

Not every body is the same. Not every pregnancy is the same.