About this episode

The episode discusses whether mothers should be present at their daughters' births, featuring diverse listener experiences and insights.

In today’s episode, we take on a question many women think about but don’t always say out loud: should your mother be at your birth? We share listener voicemails from women who made very different choices. Some had their mothers in the room, some kept them close by but not present for the birth, and others chose not to include them at all. It’s a candid, interesting conversation that gets into what shapes that decision and why it can feel more complicated than you might expect, even in close,...

People in this episode

Hosts: Cynthia Overgard, Trisha Ludwig

Topics covered

• birth
• mother-daughter relationships
• decision making
• listener stories
• birth choices

Keywords

• birth
• mother
• listener voicemails
• decision making
• birth space

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