#296 | Extended Q&A: RhoGAM; Premature Rupture of Membranes; Meconium; Fevers Cord Traction; Vitamin D; Waterbirth & Cold Plunges [Season 3 Reprise]

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Announcement: Between now and year-end, we will be releasing a 50/50 mixture of new episodes interspersed with old-favorites, due to the sudden loss of Cynthia's husband in November. We have a new episode coming next week, and will be back to our usual production schedule by New Year's. If you'd like to donate a gift to the GoFundMe that was set up for Cynthia and her family, you may do so here. Thank you to everyone for your beautiful messages, gifts and prayers.

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Onto the show:

For this December Q&A, we kick it off, with a follow-up conversation based on one listener's response to  episode #188 on RhoGAM. Next, we jump into our questions discussing the actual risks of going past 24 hours or ruptured membranes without contractions and how you can mitigate those risks. We break down why meconium becomes more concerning after 42 weeks gestation and what those actual risks are. One mother who has the flu in the third trimester wonders if this is harmful to her baby and what she should do about it; another mom is curious if it is more helpful or hurtful to use assistance to birth her placenta and questions if a hep-lock or IV port is really necessary in labor. Furthermore, is vitamin D supplementation truly necessary for breastfed babies? Also, we discuss how to accurately calculate your due date based on your specific menstrual cycle, not the average cycle. We discuss delayed cord clamping and where to clamp the cord, two-vessel cords and the implications for induction and the safety of home-birth with midwives who have restricted access to emergency medications. 

Additionally, we have a great quickies segment on pregnancy headaches, aging placentas, newborn rashes, breast changes in pregnancy, cold-plunging postpartum, water birth and infections and whether or not sleep training babies is really needed.

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