MommyTrack Daddy Whispers: Recent Episodes
Divya Kapoor
Hosted by me , Divya Kapoor , a Birth and Lactation Educator Trainee, Mommytrack Daddy Whispers Podcast was started on a whim. My daughter’s birth and the events that were very fresh on my mind, led to its start. It was to tell the story of motherhood that is not exciting, a story where the love is not seemingly divine, not magical, where it lifts itself up, slowly, where as the child grows the LOVE gets nurtured.We have now transformed into a more knowledge backed show with guests like Doctors and ChildBirth experts, because when it comes to Child Birth, Knowledge is Power. However, I want to keep some ground for raw humane conversations too, because they drive me till date: the amount of conditioning our society runs on which in my case was the glorification of motherhood, the subtle pressure to be happy and not fiddle with my overwhelming emotions. It all drained me. To my amazement, there was little support or understanding of this situation even among fellow women probably due to an ever lesser acceptance and guidance in their times. This is why, I believe, it is imperative that we speak ‘Unabashedly’ about our experiences , learn along, do not deny intuitions and share our learnt wisdom with others.
Everywhere you look, someone has advice on feeding your baby. But what does it actually take to exclusively breastfeed while running a business, handling endless unsolicited opinions, and still trusting yourself?
In this conversation, Surabhi shares her Postpartum journey after taking Birth Agni's long-form breastfeeding program. We talk about exclusive breastfeeding, elimination communication, navigating Indian family advice with partner support, why breastfeeding education changes everything, and why fathers need communities where they can learn to be truly involved parents.
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We took two more months to ensure the best comes to you. Thankyou for waiting dear listeners. I know the wait seems long. We will be back on August 5th'26.
We will also release all episodes in the format of one season. Season 6 in a bundle.
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Three weeks into February, in the soft glow of postpartum, our host, Divya shares a tender life update : welcoming her son in the quiet hours of December after a birth she deeply cherishes. Supported by her husband, daughter, and doula, this experience has begun a powerful season of slowing down, integration, and presence.
In this episode, Rohit Kokane, head of productions at Birth Agni, explains the pause and officially announce the return of Birth Agni in June 2026 — with more real birth stories, diverse expert-led education, advocacy-driven conversations, and the continuation of Midwives Around the World.
We also introduce a special membership-only pregnancy series launching in August 2026 , 12 intimate episodes designed to help you build your birth team, work through fears, nourish your body, and prepare for birth in a way that aligns with your life.
Birth is a becoming.
We’ll see you in June ’26.
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Note - This is the last episode of the year 2025
We will be back in 2026!
Happy festivities!
Part II of Surabhi's birth story takes you through her journey of labor and birth.
Discussion points
- Laboring at home to reaching the birth centre 2 hours away
- Experience of labor on the way
- Experience of labor at the center
- The various learnings in the experience
- The pushing stage
- Breastfeeding
- Placenta birth
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In this conversation, Surabhi Shekhar, founder Gubbi Gudu, women’s wellness specialist, prenatal/postnatal yoga guide, and doula-in-training joins us with her loving husband, Darshan, to share the story of their preparation for a birth center experience.
They speak at length about the thorough preparation, the inner work at various crossroads, and discussions as a couple helped them arrive at their decisions and needs in this journey. Surabhi reflects on the emotional process of choosing where to birth, while Darshan brings in the partner’s perspective.
Their fun and interactive style of advocacy helped them collaborate with their birth center team and find a middle ground. 'Time -specific' boundaries helped them push for their needs over and over again. Knowledge became their strongest tool, helping them ask the right questions, make informed decisions, and cultivate genuine partnership with their care providers.
And in a first for their birth center, their advocacy made them the first couple to physiologically birth their placenta.
This episode shows what preparation can look like and how it can help propell a couple further in the direction of the birth they imagine, yet embrace that birth is an unknown space.
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Ever wondered why the age of 35 suddenly becomes this big red sign in conversations about pregnancy?
In this episode, we discuss fertility and the age of a woman’s egg.
We will understand biology of what actually happens to your egg each cycle and how aging really affects fertility and a fascinating research paper I found , https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/rmb2.12652
- How does your egg actually mature each cycle?
- What role do hormones play?
- How does age and the health of a woman factor in , in her fertility?
By the end of this episode , you will be able to make an informed understanding of the entire dialogue around aging, women and fertility.
Links to real stories:
#130 - Shilpi's home birth story- meconium, true knot and a geriatric pregnancy.
#114 - Part III - Ariel and Nitin's experience:
#92 - Baneen's Home Birth Story with a Midwife
#105: Rashmi’s home birth story
#74 - Becca's Home Birth Experience
Tune in for conversation on age, eggs, and women’s health.
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Oxytocin is a hormone whose effects on the body are hugely celebrated yet largely unknown. Dr Sarah Buckley's work on Oxytocin has extensive insights into how it affects women in pregnancy and birth.
Focus points
- The Oxytocin, Pregnancy and Due Dates
- Hormones and the essence of Pain in childbirth
- Oxytocin and Induction
- Impact of interventions on Labor such as Epidural and Csec
- Birth Bliss and the experience of unmedicated , undisturbed births
- Oxytocin along Breastfeeding and Postpartum
Dr. Sarah Buckley is a GP, researcher, and mother of four, best known for her bestselling book Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering and her influential research on oxytocin and the hormones of labour.
For more than 20 years, Dr Sarah has written, taught, and spoken around the world for various elite newspapers, midwifery journals , tv and news to help families make informed, intuitive choices. She has been featured in documentaries like Orgasmic Birth, Birth Time, and Born at Home
https://sarahbuckley.com/
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Series: Midwives around the world
What is traditionally midwifery and what do midwives have to say about Birth work, licensure and the shifting dynamics among birthworkers. As a pregnant couple listening to this episode you will have clarity in your decision making when choosing a midwife or support team for your birth.
Discussion Points
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Licensure in the world of birth.
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Do skills matter in unlicensed midwifery?
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Division in the world of midwifery on medical vs non medical - helpful or regressive?
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Stories on supporting Plus sized pregnancy.
About the Guests
Maryn Green is a traditional homebirth radical midwife with over 15 years of experience in supporting women throughout the perinatal period. She co-founded Indie Birth Association and hosts -Taking Birth Back and co-hosts Raising 10 kids with her husband.
Margo has been a midwife since 2016 having apprenticed with Maryn for 5 years along with undertaking a midwifery course. Margo works with women virtually, mentoring new midwives while single mom-ing and homeschooling her two gorgeous children. She is also a magical money coach.
Find them:
maryngreen.co
magicalmama.org
https://indiebirth.org/
YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MomGoesSurfing
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Birth work is a complex territory. It is coming together of an expecting family with a birth worker and they work together with consistent dialogue about the changing desires and needs of a family and in Reba , our guest's words, the line or boundary of the Birth worker.
Reba Daniel is a health journalist, birth doula & childbirth educator with over 17 years of experience providing healing and recuperative support for birth trauma experiences as well as deep inner work support to pregnant couples.
Also, there is more nuance to this topic than what I can possibly sum up in this description. So straight to the...
Focus Points
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Reba's Story of Unassisted Birth
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How Birth changed Reba's inclination further into the intuitive and spiritual container that life is.
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The methodology Reba used to surrender or find a direction.
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Birth and the various layers of Fear in it.
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Authenticity and Birth
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Inner work for Birthworkers
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Birthwork and Activism
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Birth and Safety
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Sarah Schmid is a medical doctor, author, and mother of ten children. Nine of her children, including a set of twins, were born in planned unassisted home births. For many years, she has been active online in various ways on the topics of self-responsible pregnancy and autonomous childbirth. She has written several books on the subject, the best known of which is “Freebirth – Self-directed Pregnancy and Birth” Other key areas of her work include traditional nutrition, gut health, and dental health.
She narrates
- The story of her first birth with a midwife
- The preparation and self direction in Birth
- Intuition and Education as the two pillars of responsibility.
- Due dates with different births
- Was there Fear after experiencing birth a few times
- How did Sarah work with her fears?
- Preparation for a home birth - nutrition and beyond.
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Find Sarah's Youtube Channel
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What if we learnt that our menstrual cycles were a tool for growth. It is something that makes us women special and powerful.
If we are looking at helping women see the Shakti or the power in themselves, the road begins at Menarche.
I have been meaning to have an episode on this topic and keenly follow the work of elder home birth Midwife of 30 years, Jane Hardwicke. She is a grandmother , teacher, writer and educator in the realms of menarche, childbirth and menopause.
She offers training on the spiritual practice of menstruation, pregnancy and founded 'The School of Shamanic Womancraft' and she has created the first holistic menstrual cycle charting app – Spinning Wheels.
Focus points:
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Menarche as a spiritual pathway.
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Role of mums in passing down the wisdom of Menarche.
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Are we victims of our periods or there is more power, wisdom and teachings it can unleash if we knew better.
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Role of fathers in setting the right protective environments for menarche.
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Our association of pain through Menarche and its impact on Childbirth.
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The significance of building rituals for Menarche , Childbirth and Postpartum.
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More about Jane:
Website: https://janehardwickecollings.com/
E courses: https://janehardwickecollings.com/ecourse/
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There was a news article recently that said India’s fertility rate is down , First dip in two years.
Generally , we are all observing a rise in the need for fertility as well. More and more IVF clinics and centers are coming along.
When we think of supporting our conception or having a baby, we think the medical route, tests , pills and hormonal therapies, what if there was an alternative pathway, efficient and workable for couples , an area they can explore.
That's the focus of today’s podcast.
I sit down with Nicole Lange , founder LifeHealingLife, a fertility expert in Traditional Chinese Medicine, acupuncturist and educator specializing exclusively in trauma informed care, pregnancy, and post-infertility care in Minneapolis Minnesota.
We have a fabulous conversation today going peeling off the general understanding of fertility and TCM. Nicole is passionate about her work and it comes through the conversation.
The Podcast focuses on
- Holistic approach to Fertility treatment with TCM
- Role of accupuncture in TCM
- How TCM works with the whole body and not just a single area
- Trauma informed care and infertility
- Should we use the term infertility ?
- Is there a midway where Medical system and Holistic approaches converge?
- The understanding of PCOS /PCOD and its affect on a woman's fertility.
Nicole is offering a 10% off for our listeners on her programs and some free education resources:
Online education — programs, mini-courses, blog, youtube channel, podcast conversations, etc can all be found at:
https://www.lifehealinglife.com/online-fertility-education
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Code for $10 off any of Nicole’s online program for podcast listeners:
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This is the story of Kriti's Labor and Birth and how they made the decisions moving through each phase. The highlight of the story is 'Self direction' . It is not important where you really birth, what is important at the core of it all is how 'self directed' a family is in their birth choices. Kriti and Ashish are a grounded couple who take time to decide what is good for them, they listen in and are great examples of strength, inner strength. There is vulnerability and charm in their story.
Discussion points:
- Passing Due Date and the start of spontaneous labor.
- Partner's support during Labor and Birth.
- How Labor Pain feels in the body.
- Sleep during Labor
- Decision to transfer to the hospital.
- The experience at the hospital
- Experience of Breastfeeding and how our bodies as women can hold so much.
- Experience of Breastfeeding as healing and liberating
Kriti is the founder of the permaculture farm ‘Slowness Himalayas’. Natural dyer and ethnobotanist.
Find her on insta: @digitalbatutta
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Kriti and Ashish left behind a city life to build a farm and live in a remote village - all because it meant a slower life of connection.
"We would not have had a baby had we been in the city", Kriti says and then goes on to share how living with nature, they started craving to have a third energy in her own words in the world around them.
In this episode, Kriti also shares how the collective women echoed a sense of strength in birth but when she went the regular route of going to a doctor, they were always reminded to be cautious , not joyous.
This contrast and an episode of misconduct from the doctor shifted their approach to a more natural birth .
Tune in to hear us discuss:
- Kriti's journey of Pregnancy
- The Women's experience and wisdomm of Birth around her.
- The circumstances with the doctor that led to a shift in their approach.
- The decision to birth at home
- The choice of a local dai to support them
Kriti is the founder of the permaculture farm ‘Slowness Himalayas’. Natural dyer and ethnobotanist.
Find her on insta: @digitalbatutta
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Postnatal Depression - My experience...
This is a Retake of the first episode of Birth Agni, postpartum depression, because it is an important discussion area. It’s me, vulnerable, traumatised by the Birth experience , cornered in the family power dynamics and sleep deprived.
I share what my own experience in this episode along with
- Symptoms of Postnatal Depression as different from Postpartum Blues.
- Ways you can recognise it
- What helped me heal from it
- What should Father/Family/Partners do
- How family dynamics affect Postpartum and how men can protect their women in it.
If you’re a new parent, expecting, or just want to understand what it feels like when things don’t look picture-perfect after birth—this is for you.
Let’s make space for the messy, the scary, the raw, and remember that you are not alone.
Also check out: Postnatal Depression for Men with Joshua, Dad Coordinator for Postpartum Support International.
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Fear and birth—two words that often get tangled together.
Katharine Graves, an internationally recognised hypnobirthing expert and trainer , founder of KGhypnobirthing takes us through the grounding methods in hypnobirthing and working with fear in Birth.
We discuss:
- Overcoming fear in Birth
- Discerning Fear from Intuition
- Water Birth and the role of mind in Birth
- Weather all fear can be wiped out before Birth
About the Guest:
Katharine Graves is an internationally recognised expert on hypnobirthing, and author of The Hypnobirthing Book. She is the founder and leader of KG Hypnobirthing. Katharine has also trained thousands of KG Hypnobirthing teachers who have spread her method across many countries. She has been invited to speak about hypnobirthing in many countries worldwide.
She is the author of the Hypnobirthing Book.
Link of her online hypnobirthing course: kghb.org/kgonline
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Nutan L Pandit has been teaching birth preparation since 1978.
Back then, the Indian birth scene was very different. Nutan aunty gave birth using breathwork taught by a foreigner — so calmly, in fact, that the nurses were shocked she was already pushing while chatting! This was in Mumbai, with no ultrasounds, and one baby in face presentation. Her doctor, Dr. Jay Dhurandar, was part of a system that wasn’t yet afraid of birth the way it often is today.
This episode dives into the massive changes Nutan ji has seen over 40+ years of her work.
We talk about:
- Birth: then vs. now
- Overinformation — helpful or harmful?
- The real fear behind childbirth
- Do babies feel trauma during birth?
- How birth shapes a baby’s early experience
- What can truly improve birth for women?
About the Guest
Nutan L Pandit is the author of 4 books (one translated into 2 languages). Everything she teaches stems from her own joyful experience of birthing and breastfeeding her two children.
She’s a founding member of Birthing The New Humanity (BTNH) and has spoken at Fortis La Femme, FOGSI, Fernandez Hospital, and more — including appearances on Doordarshan, NDTV, and international conferences like the Asia Pacific Midwifery Conference and State University of New York Conference.
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Choosing the right doula, midwife, or birthkeeper for your birth journey is more than just credentials and experience — it’s about alignment. In this episode, we walk you through a heart-centered approach to choosing your birth team.
We start with a self-inquiry activity to help you tune into what you truly need and desire as the first step before drafting your questions.
Then, we’ll guide you through sample questions to ask during interviews (yes, interviews!) . Think of it as creating your own little soul-led checklist — from practical things to deeper “how-do-you-hold-space-for-me” kind of vibes.
And we couldn’t talk about choosing the right person without pulling the Trump Card — your intuition. That quiet inner knowing often speaks louder than any resume. We’ll share how to recognize those yes/no feelings and what to do when logic says one thing, but your gut says another.
Whether you're birthing at home, in a center, or in a hospital, this episode is your reminder: you deserve to feel safe, seen, and sovereign in your choices.
Grab a cup of tea, bring your journal, and let’s explore how to find your people for this sacred chapter.
Interested in knowing the difference between a doula, birthkeeper and Midwife, listen here
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VBACs are often dreaded in the medical system. Birth Centers are open to supporting them.
This story is about a successful VBAC in a birth center, yes, but its not just that. It is about a woman trying to find her way back to herself, back to her Birth wisdom and her empowered self.
It is also about how she feels she was treated during the experience. There is another very strong yet subtle emotional conflict that is happening and that is about a quest to have 'A Kind of Birth' because that seems to be the 'Only Right Way' and various realisations around it. The reflection is a beautiful journey a woman goes through and Birth's primary purpose is Evolution, a physical and emotional as well as spiritual growth that many women live through their individual experiences.
We discuss
- What 'Surrender' means during Birth?
- Why Birth becomes a transformative experience?
- The experience of Labor and the Mind Body Connection
- Having a Doula as a First Time Mother
- The kind of Birth Classes that helped the mother
By the End of this Episode, you would have your own understanding of the emotional roller coaster ride that this journey was for her . It will help give you a direction on how you would like to approach your birth , Listen to your individual needs and desires .
Births beyond everything needs Fluidity. Birth is Fluid just like Life, there is no Right Way to go about it, Your Way should be Your Right as it speaks to you :)
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Once a Cesarean , always a Cesarean - you must have also heard this common notion.
Fortunately, this is far from truth.
Yet , So many women feel cornered and helpless when they become pregnant again, like the decision has already been made for them. In this episode, we’re getting real about that phrase and why it’s not the whole story.
We get into the actual evidence and physiology behind uterine rupture — what it is, how likely it is (with facts, not fear), and why it’s also something that can happen to first-time moms. We’ll also share the real advantages of choosing a VBAC over a repeat C-section, and why VBAC is worth considering — even when the system in India is yet reluctant to support it
And if you're feeling confused, overwhelmed, or unsure what to believe — we’ve got you. We’ll walk you through what actually makes sense and share our best advice for giving VBAC your best shot.
Plus, we’re giving away a Free Childbirth Guide to support you on your journey — because informed choices start with empowered information.
Tune in now, share with a friend, and remember — this is your body, your baby, and your birth. You do have a voice and a Choice!
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A Listener reached out sharing her regret over taking Progestrone the first time around, reason Age 35+
Women are given progestrone in Pregnancy routinely for the following reasons:
- Bleeding in Current Pregnancy
- History of Miscarriage
- Age - 35+
In this episode, we discuss
- Are all these reasons legitimate to use progestrone - a steroid hormone preventively in Pregnancy?
- Are there any side effects you should know of?
- Step by Step sample of my guidance to my parents when they come with a issue.
- What can you do when you have a similar situation.
This episode does not offer individual solutions, it gives a direction of approach and brings informed consent at the forefront of these conversations.
General Consultation Link
Free Breastfeeding Guide Link
Research Papers Link:
https://europepmc.org/article/med/14583982
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13643-016-0294-5
https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD006175/abstract
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yamini-Pokale/publication/290474768_Cytogenetic_Studies_of_Recurrent_Miscarriage-_A_Review/links/56d32f6208ae4d8d64a77631/Cytogenetic-Studies-of-Recurrent-Miscarriage-A-Review.pdf
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The Embedded Gift of Pain Relief is the name I have given to the very foundation you need first in your laboring journey, without which no pain relief technique works efficiently.
And this has come from experience. When I started out as a childbirth educator, the techniques I taught fell flat for some women because this very foundation was missing. Soon after, I started my training as a traditional birthkeeper/midwife and supported women birthing outside the system. This taught me what was missing.
The very foundation to access The Embedded Gift of Pain Relief was missing.
In today's episode, we talk about this method and the 3-step method to enhance your chances of opening the lock to this embedded gift which every woman is gifted with. It does not reside outside you.
Once you are done imbibing these three conscious methods into your life, it's time to then move on to the next steps — the pain relief techniques integrated with this embedded gift — and we talk about it in our Free Guide to Childbirth.
You can join the waitlist, and this guide will help you move towards the next steps.
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Painless delivery’ sounds reassuring, but it’s often misleading. The truth is what’s sold as painless birth is often false advertising. Parents are rarely told about the downsides, or how numbing all sensation can actually interfere with birth.
In this episode, we talk about
- Why no epidural takes away all pain,
- The downsides you’re rarely told about, and
- Why pain in childbirth has a purpose.
- How numbing everything can sometimes work against you,
- How asking the right questions can help you make informed choices.
Start by asking questions, reading up, and signing up for my Newsletter, The Birth Wrap for honest information on epidurals. And if you’re ready to dive deeper, my Childbirth classes will help you understand pain in birth, its profound significance, and the natural ways to work with it.
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What’s really driving birth practices in India today? In this episode, we pull back the curtain on the Indian medical system—where convenience often takes priority over physiology, and where C-sections are rising not always because of necessity, but because they fit better into hospital schedules. We also explore how the ancient wisdom of our traditional dais—the original birth workers—is being ignored in the new midwifery models, and what that says about who gets to define "modern" care.
This is a conversation about over-medicalisation, missing voices, and the uncomfortable truths behind what we call “safe” birth today. If you're a parent-to-be, birthworker, or just someone who wants to understand the deeper layers of our system, this episode is for you.
About the Guest: Dr. Uplabdh Gopal is a medical doctor and health policy researcher at the Observer Research Foundation (ORF). His work spans healthcare systems, medical technologies, and regulatory reform, with a focus on innovation and equity. He has contributed to national and global dialogues on Universal Health Coverage, health resilience, and digital health.
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Ultrasounds have become a routine part of modern pregnancy care — but how much do we really know about their origins, benefits, risks, and accuracy? We’ve all been told that ultrasounds are just a normal part of pregnancy — a way to “see the baby” and make sure everything’s okay. But have you ever wondered where this practice actually came from, what it’s truly meant for, and whether it’s always as harmless as it seems?
This episode is for every parent who wants to understand what’s being done and why — and for birth workers who want to support families with facts, not just protocols.
It’s not anti-ultrasound. It’s about asking better questions — because you deserve to know more than just “it’s routine.”
Backed by science yet rarely discussed with expecting parents, this conversation dives into:
- Where and why ultrasounds began in maternity care
- How did they become routine?
- The concerns around repeated scans
- How accurate are growth scans and due date predictions, really?
- How can you as a parent/mother/couple approach ultrasounds?
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Shilpi was guided into a home birth through various channels — one of them being how the medical system was too keen to label hers as a geriatric pregnancy and potentially schedule her into a surgery.
Often, women over 35 are labelled as geriatric — meaning care for old people in the medical system. This brackets them into care meant for the elderly, including the approach of looking at everything through a high-risk lens. This often complicates pregnancy more than it is complicated in itself.
Shilpi's raw story takes us through her thoughts, preparation, as well as doubts and questions leading up to the birth. Her partner's support and preparation in birth, and more.
This is also a story of learning to take self-responsibility in birth — no matter where you birth — in a hospital, a birth center, or at home. Nobody but you decides how you want to be taken care of and when you wish the care to change. It is a very personal space, and there is a big role of intuition in life and birth itself.
Tune in to the story now.
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Part of my childhood was spent in the gorgeous valley of Dehradun, and then by the sea in Mumbai. I grew up in Mumbai and started my career there as a copywriter, but soon realised that documenting life visually attracted me the most. I learnt the art of visual narratives by assisting some internationally renowned American and European photojournalists based in Mumbai. It was while working as an editorial photographer with lifestyle magazines and newspapers that I felt a strong urge to explore the world of wedding photography. And it has been mesmerizing!
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In this episode, we discuss one of the most commonly used—and misused—reasons for cesarean in India: Cephalopelvic Disproportion (CPD), or the claim that a woman’s pelvis is “too small” for her baby’s head.
We dig into:
- What CPD actually is (and what it isn’t)
- Why true CPD is extremely rare—yet so frequently cited
- How fetal position, mobility in labor, and hospital timelines all impact diagnosis
- The danger of using estimated baby weight or maternal size to justify early surgery
- What women can ask or do if told they have CPD
Episodes to listen to explore further
EP88: Big Baby - A curse or Boon
EP83: Induction an epidemic?
EP101: Lavanya's Unnecessary Cesarean and the experience of Induction
EP106: Nikita's experience of Labor Pain with or without Induction
EP128: Decoding Meconium- the good and the bad?
With CPD being used to silence or rush thousands of birthing women every year, it’s time we take a closer look at the science—and the stories.
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It’s all too common—women being rushed into surgery at the very sight or even assumption of meconium in conventional hospital settings. Add to that the pressure many women face to deliver before 40 weeks, based on general risks that may not even apply to them personally.
In today’s episode, we’re sitting down with Dr. Vijaya Krishnan, Certified Professional Midwife and founder of Sanctum Natural Birth Center, a pioneering autonomous midwifery-led birth center in India. With over 18 years of experience, Dr. Vijaya brings insight into what truly matters when it comes to safe, individualized care.
We unpack:
- What meconium really means—when it’s normal, and when it’s not.
- How meconium is approached at different stages of labor.
- Can meconium be detected on an ultrasound?
- Is artificially breaking the water helpful to check for or speed things up?
- Why shared responsibility between provider and parents changes everything.
- How preparation, education, and continuity of care impact outcomes.
Book Recommendations by Dr Vijaya:
- Ina May’s Guide to Childbirth and Spiritual Midwifery – by Ina May Gaskin
- Reclaiming Childbirth as a Rite of Passage – by Dr. Rachel Reed ( My addition)
Connect with Dr. Vijaya:
📸 Instagram – @sanctumbirthcenter
🌐 Website – healthy-mother.com
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Postpartum in India is celebrated in rituals, gatherings and expectations—but what about the actual needs of a new mother?
In this episode, I unpack 5 ways Indian women can experience a gentler, more supported postpartum phase—especially in the midst of complex family dynamics. From the emotional toll of unsolicited advice to the silent pressure to perform as a "good bahu," we explore how the early days after birth can feel more like a test than a time for healing.
We also talk about the vital role partners play—not just in baby care, but in mediating boundaries, protecting the mother’s space, and making sure her voice isn’t drowned out by cultural noise.
I also touch upon a deeply sensitive issue: the bias between families that exist with respect to the new family unit, the relationship with in laws , privacy and emotional boundaries—and how that dynamic can affect postpartum wellbeing.
If you're a new parent, expecting, or simply navigating these unspoken tensions, this episode will give you tools to make postpartum not just survivable—but sacred.
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In this episode, we explore the often misunderstood world of nipple shields—thin silicone covers used during breastfeeding. We’ll discuss why they’re so commonly recommended in the Indian hospitals, and how it can impact your breastfeeding journey.
As a Lactation Counselor, I see numerous cases where Nipple Shields alter the complete breastfeeding pace and route for mothers , so much so that, it sometimes, a lot more effort to establish breastfeeding.
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The primary aspect of birth is finding a place that supports us.
For some women, no institution feels like a safe space where they can truly let go and allow their intuition to guide them—where they can allow the process to unfold in its most optimal form. For others, a birth center that supports the natural function of the body is the right path.
Self-direction is crucial in any birth journey.
Afeeda’s birth story is an inspiring example of a self-directed birth—one rooted in deep connection with the self and intuition.
Today, we discuss:
- Afeeda’s journey of finding a birth center
- Events leading up to the birth
- Counseling she received along the way
- Self-directed decisions made at every step
- Her experience of labor and birth
- Breastfeeding and immediate postpartum
Afeeda holds a doctorate in Sociology and is a Social Anthropologist. Her research focuses on the embodied experience of pain in both medical and religious domains. She is the founder of Daiirah, a company that fosters a community centered around reconnecting with oneself. As a Life Coach, she has mentored students and institutions, helping them navigate emotional challenges and reach their highest potential.
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In the last episode, we spoke of Henry's Birth. In this part, we go through the experience of the transfer to the hospital and the reason behind.
Often, people are worried about a Home Birth and transfer, here we see what it can look like and that should help parents in their decision on where they would like to birth.
We discuss:
- Raj's feeling around the movement and iteraction with ambulance and authorities.
- Vikki's feelings and experience around the transfer.
- The hospital birth experience
- Breastfeeding experience and early postpartum
- A couple's journey of discerning what the experience taught them
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Vikki and Raj decided on a Home Birth as life directed them to . They found a midwife after one referred to another and then another until finally they met Ditta.
Their experience of a home birth is discussed in detail here. The one thing that stands out with them is the team work and mutual understanding they carry of each other at every step of the way. Its nourishing to each other, progressive as a couple and nurturing to a new soul.
No doubt, the birth was fast and little Henry wanted to meet his parents quick.
After the birth, placenta was separated with some pieces still retained, a situation like this can quickly escalate to a more serious and hence she was transferred to a hospital.
We discuss this at length in Chapter II
About the Guest: Viktoria (Vikki) and Raj are the proud parents of Henry and a dynamic Indo-German couple based in Berlin. Viktoria, an accomplished Western classical soprano, performs full-time with the internationally acclaimed RIAS Kammerchor, where her voice has graced prestigious concert halls across Europe. Raj, founder of Your Mind Sage Coach, combines his expertise as a certified coach with deep mindfulness practices rooted in both Eastern and Western traditions. His transformative approach has helped hundreds of clients navigate personal and professional challenges, fostering lasting positive change. Together, they blend artistic expression and mindful living, bringing their unique cross-cultural perspectives to both parenting and their respective crafts.
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Routine Vaginal Examinations were never a part of traditional midwifery accross various ethnicities around the word.
It was used sparingly as it was also considered an intervention.
In this episode, you will learn about
- Vaginal Examination in Late Pregnancy
- Vaginal Examination during Labor
- Benefits and Downsides of it along the way
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Women have long feared an episiotomy over Surgical Birth aka Surgery.
In experience, women felt numb, scarred and pain at the site of episiotomy. Yet , this procedure has been routine in vaginal births, Why?
Can women birth without it? Listen to the episode to learn more about
- History of Episiotomy?
- How did it become a routine practice?
- Evidence in favor and against?
- Can women birth without it?
- How were women birthing before it was introduced?
This episode is a fun run down the history talking about significant OBGYNs who made significant changes in medicine which are now being reapproached as 'harmful'!
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- Did you know that meconium at birth is very common?
- Did you know that meconium is not always threatening for the baby?
- Did you know that normal delivery with meconium is possible when we individualise care and see the benefits vs risk from a case to case basis?
Swati's story of natural birth with meconium is one where an experienced doctor did not scare her. He observed and as the baby was not distressed, he waited and Swati was able to birth the baby vaginally.
Her son was taken in for observation in NICU but she was allowed to nurse inside and visit frequency. All of these show us the possibilities of what can and ideally should be a choice every woman should have. We are creating more health issues with the number of surgical births that are happening.
We also explore in our discussion why another woman with a similar scenario had to undergo a surgery.
Swati is a mother, an artist and an art teacher, she grew up in bangalore and was lucky enough to have had her child there too. She enjoys learning new forms of art, reading a good book and cooking.
Other resources on Meconium:Dr Rachel Reed's site: https://www.rachelreed.website/blog/meconium-stained-amniotic-fluid
Birthing Instincts Podcast: https://episodes.fm/1552816683/episode/YTFjY2UxODYtYjhiOS00ZjU0LTkyOTItZDQ5YmMxYzI2Y2Uz
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Breech is normal and a surgery for Breech is often the inexperience or pressure from hospitals or lack of skill from the doctor. This is a woman and a family's loss.
If you wish to learn more about breech vaginal births , explore Dr Stuart Fischpien's work - http://www.birthinginstincts.com
Kanika shares her story of a Breech Birth where she was being forced for a surgery right when the baby was coming out. Her husband and her decided to own their birth knowing the varied possibilities and went ahead with their choice.
This story is a lesson in owning our choices and the possibilities with Breech.
Kanika is an independent journalist with a former expeirence with the TV industry for 7 years as an associate producer and weather anchor. She is also a trained mountaineer and occasional poet who runs her Youtube channel spreading awareness through stories that matter
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Off late, numerous marketing events and strategies have been used by private cord stem cell banks in India to lure parents with the promise of potential benefits of storing stem cells for future malignancies their child may face. While this may seem like a lucrative and logical form of biological insurance, many of these companies rely on misleading—and in some cases, fraudulent—marketing techniques.
This episode covers everything you need to know about cord stem cell banking!
- History of Cord Stem Cell Banking
- Myths vs. Facts
- News Reports Exposing the Fraud
- The Indian Academy of Pediatrics' (IAP) Stance
- The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists' (ACOG) Position
References:
https://journals.lww.com/imsp/fulltext/2023/14010/umbilical_cord_blood_banking__myth_and_realities.1.aspx
https://www.acog.org/clinical/clinical-guidance/committee-opinion/articles/2019/03/umbilical-cord-blood-banking
India's only public Cord Blood Bank: https://www.jeevan.org/media/jeevan-donor-information-form.pdf
https://www.bethecure.in/public-cord-blood-bank/about-public-cord-blood-bank/
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Yashoda is a Sports Physiotherapist and an Aquatic therapist and a mom of 2 precious ones- is currently working at Aastrika midwifery centre.
She had her first one born in a hospital after induction and her baby was separated from her after birth. The second time around she decided to take childbirth classes, prepare well and chose a midwifery center called Aastrika in Bangalore where she was not induced, she birthed her baby in the water and had a beautiful experience. Her breastfeeding journey was also way more respectful and supported a gentle welcome of the baby where skin to skin contact between the mother or father and the baby were prioritised.
In this episode we explore
- Contractions after induction vs Natural spontaneous contractions
- A hospital birth experience vs a Birth center experience
- Role of Childbirth classes in the Birth experience
- Water birth experience
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" I wonder Divya, if women today can escape a pill........a vaccine.......or being under the knife." - Effath Yasmin
Calling this a reality of today's maternal healthcare system is not enough to point out the issues that need dire resolution because the problems are far more complex than 'one' solution being right and everything else, wrong.
The issue is of the belief systems fuelled by years of medical marketing, cultural hearsay, shifting away from our traditional systems completely in the name of advancement without paying heed to the resulting loss.
In this episode as we explore The language around Birth especially in the media pertaining to Home Births, we also speak about the collective 'discouraging' language around the whole spectrum of 'Womanhood', Birth and Breastfeeding with Effath Yasmin ma'am who is a pioneering Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapist, International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant, and registered Flower Practitioner. Founder Nourish & Nurture, a family wellness clinic in Mumbai, Yasmin’s unique & deep insightful wisdom on Birth, Breastfeeding, Parenting, Life Coaching & Skills, and Childhood Trauma have established her as a leading voice in Woman, Maternal & Family Wellness.
An award-winning documentary filmmaker, Yasmin’s acclaimed film “Untying Breastfeeding” has garnered four international awards, highlighting the challenges in birth and motherfeeding. Yasmin also cofounded an international organisation for clinical education on tongue-tie for healthcare professionals and advocating for family-centered care in breastfeeding and maternal health worldwide.
Explored Areas in this episode:
Problems in the present Maternal Medical System
- Language around Home Births in Media vs coverage of the hospital births
- Misplaced initiative of the complete industrialisation of Birth
- Unclear demarcation of the role of medical system in Birth
Possible solutions:
- Re-establishing the midwifery system by absorption of existing Dais and upscaling current system.
- The responsibility of fair and curious journalism that does not sensationalise Birth.
- An integrated system that embrac
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This episode has an yearly wrap up on the podcast and the following
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Postpartum is a crucial part of parenthood. There are many healing modalities that are available to help women heal. Often overlooked, is the emotional aspect of caring for a new life and work with the new changes in the relationship of couple's
What stands out as a learning from Ariel's story is that Preparation for every phase always helps. Ariel planned her food to the care she needed as well the people she wanted to have around early postpartum when women are trying to figure things out by themselves.
This is their story of navigating the postpartum challenges and the learning they had along the way.
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This is Part II of Ariel and Nitin's Home Birth story. Here, we go through Ariel's experience of Labor from the onset to the birth. She describes her state of mind , the sequence of events in detail in this episode.
Expect :
The change of scene with the intensity of labor increasing.
The intense and prolonged transition due to cervical lip
The wait and tension before the baby arrives
The birth
The birth of placenta and postpartum
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I received an email from Ariel sharing how listening to this podcast was a part of her preparation for a home birth and she wanted to payback by contributing her story to the podcast.
We are excited to have this homebirthing duo in a three Part series through their journey of Preparation, experience of Birth and Postpartum on the podcast.
Ariel and Nitin are an Indian couple living in the US who were expecting their first as a 35+ yr old couple. Fortunately, they had already come across Water birthing - a gentler approach of birthing at home in the comfort of their homes.
So, the idea although unexplored was still in their heads when they became pregnant.
The first part of the conversation begins with Nitin's journey of arriving at the decision of home birth following by Ariel's story.
We discuss:
- Navigating questions around safety of Homebirth as the husband
- Research and therapy work involved in preparation for birth
- Nesting urge for the fathers
- Zeroing in on a Midwife and building a team
- What having a midwife as against the mainstream hospital care can look like
- Internal exploration and working on fears in preparation for birth
- Significance of Childbirth classes in Preparing for Birth.
Tune in to hear how Ariel and Nitin’s journey was shaped by intention, knowledge, and the profound joy of welcoming baby Ira into their world.
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This is Meenakshi's home birth story and interestingly her discovery of pregnancy when she was breastfeeding her twins already.
She learnt pretty late and went on to discover it people started saying your belly seems different.
In this episode, we discuss
- Discovery of pregnancy while breastfeeding twins.
- Decision of home birth
- Preparation for a Home Birth and owning responsibility
- Experience of Free Birth
- Birthing the Placenta
- Early Postpartum
About the Guest : Meenakshi is a homeschooling mother to three kids, believer in womens ability to birth naturally on their own and the healing power of the womb. She is a active advocate of reconnecting woman to their wombs.
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Meenakshi birthed her twins vaginally in the only normal birth supportive hospital in Delhi, Sitaram bhartiya.
After she was denied normal birth by her already consulting doctor, she switched her OBGYN and had a generally good experience.
It was the second time around that she was inclined at having a Home Birth, the preparation of which along the way helped her realize what she dreamt of as a normal birth was this all along deep within her heart. Her changing views about Birth are reflected in this episode.
Listen to this story to hear her experience of Labor with twin babies.
- Views about Birth
- Pushed for a surgery
- Being sold packages on the second baby
- Stem cell banking - the real side
- Experience of Labor
- Experience of Birth with twins
- Experience of Breastfeeding and Postpartum
About the guest:
Meenakshi is a homeschooling mother to three kids, believer in womens ability to birth naturally on their own and the healing power of the womb. She is a active advocate of reconnecting woman to their wombs.
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Zahra had supported a friend's home birth before she decided it for herself. She was not even married then and was pulled into this birth by the mother who trusted her and her decision completely.
Her family was supportive throughout. She had no ultrasounds or checkups except once. She was waiting for labor to begin so excitedly that once a false alarm got the entire house ready and prepared. She laughs as she tells her story of precipitous labor, facing her fears when the tear took months to heal and hardworking through Breastfeeding.
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As a young Childbirth Educator and Doula, Zahra felt incomplete helping women in hospitals and watching their rights in power being taken away. So when her own time arrived, along with an wavering support from his family and her words keep it up a self she found peace in her unassisted pregnancy and birth something she had been dreaming about for a long time.
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India has always birthed at home. Women birthed at home as a culture. Today, women are going back to their roots out of the lucrative outcome of health, easier labor and comfortable birth.
Not just India, women birthed at home across the world, as homo sapiens, this was the primal instinct. Yes, women died in birth and babies died too. They die in hospitals today as well not because of someone's fault or lack of medical support.
Things happen beyond the understanding of medicine, science and more. Birth and Death both fall in the same category. If you look at it from the place of nature, we are open to being surprised by nature when it comes to plants and animals becuase we are detached but we shrink ourselves in our wisdom, intellect and logic because of the fear of not being able to control death in birth that we have compromised the health of both mothers and babies to avoid a rare event like death.
What is worse - living with substandard health by being exposed to drugs and medicines as we begin life or aim for a healthier entry into life and motherhood and accept that death if that is to happen , it will by the rules of that one power no matter where we birth.
So should we aim for a drugged birth and compromised postpartum for women and babies or aim for the highest experience of birth and surrender to God what is not in our control. Might seem so religious , so irresponsible , so irrational.
But think about it all wisdom to humankind always came through God or nature and all that we have lost in our civilised world is by holding control over nature and assuming power over it that we are suffering the outcomes of climate , living, food and water. What is left?
Komal went through an internal journey to finally arrive at her decision to birth at home and her experience speaks for itself
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Komal is a Prenatal Postnatal yoga instructor who teaches both in person and virtually and has been serving places in and around Delhi for over 7 yrs now!
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Nutan L Pandit has been teaching birth preparation classes since 1978.
A lot has changed in the Indian Birth scene since then. Mrs Pandit birthed her children then using Breathwork which was taught by a foreigner, the nurses then could not believe she was already pushing and talking without being in obvious distress.
This was in Mumbai, she also did not have any ultrasounds then. The doctor was
Dr Jay Dhurandar and one of the babies was face presentation. The Indian Maternal System was not yet so 'scared' by birth itself.
This episode is dedicated to understanding the change that Nutan L Pandit has witnessed over 40 years of her practice!
Join us today as we discuss:
- Birth then and now
- Overinformation - is it a boon or curse
- The reality of the Fear of Childbirth
- Do babies feel birth trauma?
- Impact of the experience of birth on babies
- What we need to improve the birthing experience of women?
More about the guest
Nutan L Pandit has authored 4 books. One has been translated into 2 languages.
Everything she does originated from her own personal experience of birthing and
breastfeeding her 2 children effortlessly and joyfully.
She is also a Founding Member of, ‘Birthing The New Humanity’ (BTNH).
Her speaking engagements and TV appearances include, CME at Fortis Le Femme
Hospital, Delhi; FOGSI Meeting, Faridabad; Fernandez Hospital, Hyderabad;
Doordarshan TV, NDTV, among others; and a paper presentation at the.Asia
Pacific Midwifery Conference, Hyderabad, Birthing The New Humanity (BTNH))
Summit and State University of New York Conference.
She also practices Complementary Systems of healing like EFT, Bach Flower
Remedies and Acupressure as well as conducts birth preparation classes for pregnant couples and offers teachers
training course for those who want to teach classes like her.
She offers counselling for breastfeeding mothers, and healing sessions for all.
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In Episode 93 we discussed about how to find the right Birth support person or build a birth support team.
In today's episode we discuss how we can further understand a community based service relationship and own responsibility on both sides to fulfill a more cordial, professional and healthy relationship.
Because community work and its unsaid rules and protocols are so individual and change from person to person , it is signficant to learn from our care givers such as doulas, traditional midwives, traditional consultants what their style of practise is.
At the same time, there are some basic rules to courtesy and compassion which we discuss today on the episode- compassion for birth workers.
Very obvious, but not necessarily common.
So if you are listening to this episode, find this as your guide again to plan your time and some portions as your responsibility of the beautiful, trust and love based relationship that this is , can be and continue to be
If you have anything to say on this topic, feel free to write to me!
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You are routinely adviced an Induction if you go beyond 40 weeks
Induction is recommended with the slightest assumption of a potential issue.
- Big baby
- Small Baby
- BP, Swelling
- Placental variations
- Amnitiotic Fluid variations
But like every drug, it comes with its own risks.
Divya discusses with Nikita, her experiences of Labor with Induction and without, when she went into Spontaneous labor.
You will be able to see how the expeirence of birthing changed for her completely in a detailed comparison with the last one.
About the Guest: Nikita Chopra is a dedicated counselling psychologist with a specialisation in school counselling, currently serving at an esteemed institute in Kolkata. Her work revolves around addressing key challenges that students face, including stress management, interpersonal relationships, and academic concerns.
Nikita recently embarked on the beautiful journey of motherhood, welcoming her baby girl into the world through a normal delivery.
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Home Birth with a Doctor!
In this episode, we have Rashmi Ramesh speak to us about having her first baby at home supported by family and a doctor!
Divya Kapoor is often bomabarded with questions of is
- Home Birth safe?
- Is it legal?
- Is it better than birthing in the hospital?
This episodes helps answer some of these with a parallel being drawn between traditional midwifery care from time to time to help listeners know their options!
We delve into
- The idea of Pelvic Exams being a must in Pregnancy?
- Should one take The Glucose sugar test or not?
- The Labor that lasts for three days
- Experience of Birth and Postpartum
- The experience of Labor Pain
And more!
About the guest
Rashmi Ramesh is a Yoga teacher and a Youtuber who has over 15 years of teaching experience. You will find her on Yogalates with Rashmi and Yoga Guppy on Youtube. Rashmi hosts Yoga retreats around the world and is a home birthing mother of one. She is proudly a vegan mom raising a vegan baby.
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Back from a Break
The entire next year now will have stories of
Divya brings to you the new addition of Hospital birth stories to draw the distinction between what to expect in a system vs
- The Home Birth stories
- The Free Birth stories
- Educative episodes on
- Episiotomies
- Ultrasounds and more!
There are more updates in here , tune in now!
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"Birth" encompasses a multitude of social, cultural, and political dimensions. Whether considering human rights, power dynamics in families, bodily autonomy, government schemes, hospital protocols, reproductive rights, or policies, all the macro and micro aspects of our existence that constitute 'Life' impact a woman's birth.
Today, I'm joined by Sanjana Krishnan, a Political Scientist by profession, with a passion for regeneration. She is the co-founder of the Beejvan Biodiversity and Collaborative Research Foundation and also a home birthing mother of two daughters, who enjoys learning about various indigenous healing modalities.
Together, we delve into:
- What is Politics and how it intertwines with our social and cultural fabrics, impacting a woman's birth experience.
- Gender Roles and Power Dynamics.
- Social Positioning and Power Dynamics in families affecting Birth.
- Government Policies and Schemes affecting Birth.
and more...
Explore Parts I and II in Episodes 102 and 103, and Episode 92 with Public Health Researcher, Baneen, delving into similar themes!
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Contrary to her previous experience (EP 102) of a quick birth at the birth center, Sanjana manifested a slower transition this time and knew instinctively that she wanted to give birth at home, with her daughter as a witness to the simplicity of life and birth.
We are often presented with the narrative of a painless birth and today the 'option' of a painless birth with medical interventions at play. What if these narratives are carefully selected to create an image that suits the industrialized system, benefiting from the victimhood of women in their own bodies? What if the natural bliss of birth is being carefully shielded away from us?
In this episode, we discuss:
- Experience of Pregnancy
- Sanjana's preparation for birth and postpartum
- Experience of Labor and events leading up to birth—unmedicated, undisturbed
- Ecstasy of Birth, when birth becomes painless
- Postpartum Experience
Resources discussed:Book : Ten Moons: The Inner Journey of Pregnancy, Preparation for Natural Birth
About Sanjana:Sanjana is a Political Scientist by profession focused on urban-rural linkages, urban studies, and inequalities in India. She is the co-founder of the Beejvan Biodiversity and Collaborative Research Foundation. A winner of the Erasmus scholarship, the German Chancellors’ Fellowship, and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge. Her project, Beejvan, won the Lush Spring Prize 2023 in the UK.
Sanjana is also a home-birthing mother of two daughters and very passionate about immunology, and enjoys learning about various indigenous healing modalities. Her quest for truth, led by her intuition, beyond what science and religion have attempted to understand and preach, is what led her to birth her daughters and raise them on her own terms. The journey of healing is non-linear and ongoing, and she trusts it is a beautiful one, even on the worst days.
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Every woman sheds a part of herself as she goes through the rites of passage - Menarche, Birth, and Menopause - the life-altering experiences that hold huge significance. We all arrive in pregnancy with something we have learned from our life experiences, which helps us visualize our birth in a certain way. Some of us desire it to be a breeze, some of us desire it to be painless, some of us desire it to be with friends and family, some of us want to avoid surgery at all costs even if we do not know what birth can look like, some of us consider it our identity linked to birthing naturally as women.
Sanjana's journey has been the same, very much like many of us. She is self-aware, reflective, and growth-oriented: inward in her journey of pregnancy and birth. Her transitioning definitions about herself contributed to the decision of prioritizing her ideas about birth over the little juggles of life.
Listen to the journey of transformation for a woman through pregnancy and birth as we re-discuss them as the rightful dimensions of growth a woman is gifted with, which she has all the right to experience guided by herself rather than any authority or outward force.
About Guest: Sanjana is a Political Scientist by profession focused on urban-rural linkages, urban studies, and inequalities in India. She is the co-founder of the Beejvan Biodiversity and Collaborative Research Foundation. A winner of the Erasmus scholarship, the German Chancellors’ Fellowship, and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge. Her project, Beejvan, won the Lush Spring Prize 2023 in the UK.
Sanjana is also a home-birthing mother of two daughters and very passionate about immunology, and enjoys learning about various indigenous healing modalities. Her quest for truth, led by her intuition, beyond what science and religion have attempted to understand and preach, is what led her to birth her daughters and raise them on her own terms. The journey of healing is non-linear and ongoing, and she trusts it is a beautiful one, even on the worst days.
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Unnecessary Cesarean sections are common in India for unjustified reasons and poorly read overdiagnosed factors which in many cases have not been proven to be emergencies. The lack of application of basic evidence based information once applied can in itself lift our rates of natural birth high up. The maternity system today needs to keep up with atleast the guidelines in place as a starter and the experience if not the outcomes may improve.
Listen to Lavanya's story to learn about :
- Story of Changing Doctors and buying time from the OBGYN
- Induction and its side effects
- Meconium
- Working through Postpartum after Cesarean
- Birthtrauma reflected as Postpartum Depression and PTSD
- Birth trauma and its physical ramifications
Lavanya is a Yoga teacher who met with an unnecessary cesarean some 5 years ago and had been looking for answers to align with what she felt in her body. She found answers and shares what she feels really happened.
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Google tells me that the idea on Gentle Parenting has been around since 1930. The internet is now leveraging on its popularity including big media houses like the Times of India who recently , well , precisely on 26th March '24 published a photostory with the title that goes ' Why Gentle Parenting is not for Indian Kids'!
This one poorly argued photostory had many FB groups and mom channels in uproar with the complaint of how rigid the idea behind this photostory has been.
Gentle parenting has been my approach too and more like respectful parenting and my ally in this has been Shailaja Paramathma, a dear friend from the times when I was trying to work my hand at writing.
Shailaja has worked in the core administration team and also as the Admin head for different establishments for a period spanning over a decade. Wearing different hats in her career, she has been an English teacher, having worked for the French Embassy as well as a Journalist for a few years before she embraced Parenting as her full time occupation.
We decided to go ahead and disseminate this story and present our counter arguments based on real life experiences in an intimate and fun filled conversation today.
Find TOI photostory HERE
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Pre eclampsia in late pregnancy is often arrived at with one episode of High BP, two episodes of High Blood Pressure or a case in previous pregnancy without any symptoms in the current one.
We see how the current care dynamics in the medical world is quick to categorise a symptom which may need further diagnosis to confirm if someone really has a condition or not, Pre -eclampsia being one of them.
While only 6-8 % of women statistically are at high risk of pre-eclampsia or further issues, the micro and over management of the situation often results in lack of support for women desiring natural births (which is how birth happens, naturally!)
In this episode, however, we do not discuss prevention or management but what Pre-eclampsia can mean at a physiological level for birthworkers and pregnant women to ask better questions!
This episode covers:
- Definition of Preeclampsia
- Changes in the Circulatory , Liver and Kidney Systems involved directly or indirectly with Preeclampsia
- Questions a pregnant woman can ask when presented with a similar situation.
- What all factors can help better and reliable diagnosis of the situation
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Dr. Brewer's pregnancy diet, also known as the Brewer diet, was developed by Dr. Tom Brewer in the 1960s. It emphasizes the importance of nutrition during pregnancy to prevent complications such as pre-eclampsia and to support healthy fetal development. The diet focuses on consuming a variety of whole foods to ensure adequate intake of protein, vitamins, and minerals.
The key principles of Dr Brewer's Pregnancy Diet are shared in the episode.
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We briefly discuss Diuretics which will be elaborated in the upcoming episodes
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This is Anjali's story. She attempted to birth all her three children at home and lives right behind my house. First two were in the village and the youngest is in the city. The second birth was a transfer after laboring at home for quite a while, the baby was 1kg.
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The first time I met her was when my house help Rani didi who actively works as an informer for me on people birthing at home and dais in the vicinity, took me to her house. Divi, my daughter came along.
"Mama! I can also climb this tree", Divi asks me really seeking permission if its safe to follow Anjali's daughter, younger to her and adept at plucking baby oranges from the taller branches.
When we talk about Birth as safe or unsafe essentially , we also need to learn how birth unfolds essentially (from these people who live a more natural life than any instagram reel can talk us into) and then invite interventions where really needed. Just like divi saw how a girl younger to her could organically learn to climb , she could watch and follow by example, with more motivation and less fear.
What is really happening in the birth world today is , we start with inducing healthy low risk mothers because we fear they will not go into labor, like Whattttt! And that is what really has gone wrong in birth , not new age women, mind you!
Now what does data tell me - 'I do not know'! Most of us never look at the conditions in which a research or study was done. To my work as a birth counsellor and doula/birthkeeper , this is my data. Real people and I have no funding or inherent interests to mould it in any other way than it is.
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Hear me out on a morning with sore throat . Had a good cup of tea today while I bring things again.
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The various aspects of birth being a spiritual experience than mechanical or purely biological comes across through Mubina's Birth and Post Birth events.
Mubina says towards the end, ' A beautiful birth and a beautiful death'. When we surrender to that one power there is no looking back, the answers always come around. It is when we fight the will of that one , we are left miserable.
Listen to the story now!
Please note that this episode can be healing for some and yet disturbing to some. We are open to answer any questions you have regarding this with the guest. And we can share the same in the next episode :)
About the guest: Mubina Ahmed is a homeschooling mother of four lovely children, a childbirth Educator and doula from Kuwait
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Category: Health and Wellbeing
Podcast Name: Birth Agni
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They say whenever you start looking for the path, the path arrives, eventually.
Mubina's homebirth story after four cesareans is a testament to the immense power of the body. Mubina was unaware but looking for answers right after the first cesarean but like they say babies come the way they are supposed to we have no control on life.
However, we all find the power eventually , Mubina found it in her home birth.
Part I is about the events that led to the decision of homebirth and leaves you at the onset of labor. Part II which will release next week brings you the description of labor , birth and postbirth events.
About the guest: Mubina Ahmed is a homeschooling mother of four lovely children, a childbirth Educator and doula from Kuwait
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Vinita Mansata's journey towards advocating for natural childbirth at home is a testament to the power of personal experience and determination. Disappointed by a typical caesarean delivery years ago, this with a vertical scar, Vinita ji found herself yearning for a different birthing experience, one that honored the natural process of childbirth and empowered women to make informed choices about their bodies.
Vinita ji intuitively went on to look for people, the Aam Admi who in her own words were ' not spoilt by the system' and had first hand experience with natural birth in its true sense- the local vendors and gardeners etc.
She was empowered by their wisdom and did not look for a gynaecologist the second time at all also refusing all tests and ultrasounds. She did meet resistance from her mother for her choice of birth as well as parenting choices outside of allopathy and any other alternative modalities.
We discuss in detail about
- Journey of her decision of a home birth some 30 years ago.
- Details of the home birth and postpartum.
- Choices to relook illness for children and allow body to heal on its own.
- Choosing not to vaccinate both her children and breastfeeding the younger one for 6 years
- The wisdom of the traditional birth keeper and the absurdity of the radiologist.
Tune in to listen to the story of her birth, the born free movement which is not knew, which began some three decades ago, sounds surreal right?
About the Guest: Vinita Mansata is an independent publisher by the name Earthcare Books and runs a bookstore called Earthcare Bookstore.
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The keyword is who is going to 'Sit with you' through it all with your choices and decisions and be nurturing in your journey! That's where the foundation is laid!
As a trainee midwife and a practising doula as well as a lactation counsellor, I do a lot of home visits, have pregnancy support group meetings where women physically meet and discuss pregnancy, postpartum , breastfeeding and more.
I began calling my way of serving women as community care , an established term but i often have to explain my practise to people. So here's a short solo episode on it which explains how this works and is beneficial always in the long run!
Just as a note:
Community care refers to a model of healthcare that emphasizes providing services and support within the community, rather than in institutional settings.
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- Why a home birth , you may ask?
- Why a home birth despite risks?
What if you have worked in the medical system and chose to home birth realising that is the best option for you?
That's Baneen Karachiwala, a Public Health Researcher, Baneen has been associated with various organisations at the national and international level for the last 19 years, providing support in research, documentation and programmatic interventions in the fields of health and development across India. Her special interests lie in the areas of human rights, maternal and child health.
She moved to Goa 7 years ago and now has shifted focus to the areas of hospitality and interior design.
In this episode, Baneen walks us through the various challenges we face today both in public and private maternal healthcare system including respectful maternity care as a precursor to her home birth story where placenta accreta was known in advance.
We discuss:
- The gaps that could be improved in the entire spectrum of maternal healthcare to ensure a healthy outcome and a good experience both for the mother and baby.
- The absorption of traditionally trained and experienced workforce of Dais (Indian Traditional Midwives) into the system as against starting a new cadre of support system from scratch.
- Baneen's story of Home Birth, working with the contractions, handling an emergency with an experienced midwife and more..
- The healing community care model of Prenatal and Postpartum Support
- Birth and taking responsibility - the downsides of blaming your midwife or provider.
There are so many beautiful nuggets that Baneen has shared over the course of her story . Hope it inspires some of you to explore the options you may have around you to birth the way you desire!
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Baneen Karachiwala
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We all like to see things as linear so as to find a conclusive way to work at them.
In the product and consumption world , we are taught how to plan to achieve a desired goal, to achieve something exactly how we want it!
This is the opposite of how 'Birth' works. It is uncertain. It is unknown. It is being in the moment and the moment as your guide. All the knowledge helps and should be directed to teach you to surrender! It is pretty much a way of living 'Life'.
I wish this wisdom was taught to us and surrendering and trusting the body that we were miraculously born with was imbibed in our upringing wherein all of our schooling was about praising a science that was mightier than nature. It is a lie.
In this part we discuss,
- The wisdom of staying home and how it helps birth progress
- The events leading up to stalling of labor , the role of mind over body in birth
- The events that aid progress
- How Aparna felt in this journey as she made it to the other side.
PS: I do not beleive in stalling of labor as a reality , birth is not linear , yes it is affected by the circumstances we are in, not all of which can be predicted or planned. Birth is a non linear emotional and personal journey of a woman, a break sometimes is much needed.
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As a first time mother, Aparna knew that she wanted a Normal Delivery but did not know what decisions could maximize her chances.
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Instinctively, she knew she did not want to choose a fancy hospital , she was wary decisions would be made to increase the bills and it may not necessarily be based on her health. She even enquired at a government hospital knowing it has better rates of normal birth than the major private hospitals.
Fortunately, she was suggested a birth center in Kerala by a friend. She felt aligned but there began another battle to convince family. With the family convinced, came on the labor, the pre labor, she was sent home twice and the second time her labor stalled.
Listen to part I of this episode to learn about
- How Aparna convinced the family with her decision of a birth center?
- What midwifery care made her realise about birth?
- Experience of early labor and what she learnt through it?
In part II we will listen to her experience of active labor and giving birth in detail.
About the guest: Aparna Ajayan, a former Architect, is a yoga practitioner turned yoga trainer. She has undergone several training programs to specialise in Pre and Postnatal Yoga and is a certified Prenatal & Postnatal Trainer under Yoga Alliance, USA (100 Hrs) and World Yoga Organization (50 Hrs). She is also a Childbirth Educator (Lamaze International), currently passionate about making Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga accessible to as many pregnant women and new moms as possible.
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This episode is a part of our conversation on Obstetric Emergencies which are critical situations during pregnancy, labor, or the postpartum period that require immediate medical attention to safeguard the health and well-being of the mother and/or baby. But are these really emergencies or is there more to it?
In Part I of this episode we discussed, Large for Gestational Age babies and its link with Gestational Diabeties with Senior Midwife KL Goode who is a Hawaain traditional midwife with over 53 years of experience and having assisted over 1400 births. Her transfer for surgery rate has been as low as 4% . She has served in India on and off and is currently based in Kolkata. She is currently training a batch of traditional midwives aka birth keepers.
If you have not yet, hear part I first: Listen to Part I
Today, we discuss Small for Gestational Age Babies (SGA) and IUGR (Intra uterine growth retardation, we speak about the following:
- What is the difference between SGA and IUGR?
- Is SGA really just an unnecessary label?
- Is IUGR something one should seriously look at?
- Can Ultrasoud detect any of these fully?
- What do the research papers say?
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Obstetric emergencies refer to critical situations during pregnancy, labor, or the postpartum period that require immediate medical attention to safeguard the health and well-being of the mother and/or baby. But are these really emergencies?
Many women today are being told they either have a Large for Gestational Age Baby (LGA) or Small for Gestational Age Baby (SGA). IUGR is another term thrown around independently that needs fixing. It is important to note that these issues are often figured out at a scan at 36 wks or so and one diagnosis is often considered as the standalone complexity and women are then presented with options to fix it, mostly an Induction.
Now, big babies have all been born through history vaginally without any issues. Similar is for small babies, why is then these are seen as problems?
We sit down today with KL Goode, a Hawaain traditional midwife with over 53 years of experience and having assisted over 1400 births. Her transfer for surgery rate has been as low as 4% . She has served in India on and off and is currently based in Kolkata. She is currently training a batch of traditional midwifes aka birth keepers.
She takes us through the following significant points in Part I of this discussion
- Is Big baby or Small Baby really an issue?
- If not, when is it that it becomes an issue?
- What's the truth behind the claim that big babies can't fit through the pelvis?
- What has Gestational Diabetes to do with a Large Baby?
- What is a midwife's way of working with a Large or Small Baby
Tune in to learn more.
In Part II , we discuss Small for Gestational Age babies and IUGR at length and conclude our discussion.
We would also like to thank our supporters, Dr Sreenath and Giridharan co founders of Nasobuddy for supporting the production of this episode and enabling a special discount for its listeners. They are the pioneers in making natural and non invasive baby products for one of the most daunting baby issues early postpartum such as sleep, colic, cough and more. They have a wide range of products, my favorite being the nipple healers! Visit www.nasobuddy.com to know more!
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- Does your baby have fussy evenings?
- Are you concerned about you baby or toddler's sleep ?
If you are looking at the internet for answers, know that the Internet is flooded with inappropriate information about training babies to sleep.
The various methods that include crying of the baby are suggestive of treating a baby , a whole human , like a machine, incapable of thinking for itself or feel in the least. This is not gentle and it is not developmentally healthy as well.
In this episode, we sit down with our expert, Dr Sreenath, who walks us through some common questions regarding baby sleep, helping calm a fussy baby, reduce colic or working with nasal congestion , swinging , swaddling and holistically treating baby sleep. Dr Sreenath has done an extensive study on natural and indigenous methods that make parenting easier in the earlier days.
Coming from his own experience of not being able to find a suitable and 'convenient' solution for sleep issues when he became a dad, he decided to find the answers himself and built Nasobuddy , a baby products company essentially started to solve Sleep Issues in Children and has now been helping women with other issues including breastfeeding.
He also answers a few community questions ! If you answered to the insta poll and are a part of my community who sought an answer, hear this out now!
About the guest:
Dr Sreenath is an experienced dentist and entrepreneur with 16 years of clinical experience. He is the visionary founder of Nasobuddy®, a brand born from a simple yet profound idea: making parenting easier and safer. Along with Mr Giridharan, a childhood friend and MBA graduate, they started Nasobuddy®, which specializes in offering natural, evidence-based solutions to common parenting concerns, providing parents with peace of mind.
He also holds the title of a sleep expert. His dedication extends to helping babies sleep better, further emphasizing his commitment to improving the well-being of families through his diverse expertise and innovative solutions.
When he's not busy with all of that, Sreenath is happily married to Janani and is also a loving dad to an 11-year-old son.
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A woman never forgets her birth experience. This has more to do with how she was made to feel than the sequence of events or the mode of birth. Sometimes when it is the events leading to a traumatic Birth experience, it deeply affects her .
Trauma gets stored in the body and has physical expression as well . In this episode, we see that trauma is not necessarily a result of one event. It is an amalgamation of the entire history of a woman's life.
It has to do with the culture, the life experiences, current family settings , the support system and a lot more
Here in we discuss with Somatic Healer and Nervous System Therapist Sangheetha Parthasarathy, about
- Birth Trauma
- Birth as a cultural event.
- Indian Family culture and Birth Trauma
- PTSD, Depression and its physical expression.
- The beginning steps to incorporating healing
- How Somatics work with Birth and Postpartum Trauma
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In the first part of Sara and Khan's Birth story , we went over their decision to free birth , the factors influencing it and the entire experience of labor and birth.
If you have not heard the first part , hop on to EP 84 and come back to this
In this episode:
We go over :
- Placenta tinctures
- Breastfeeding
- Postpartum Care
- Parenthood and more..
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Sara conceived Zion at the age of 35 , a perfectly healthy young woman , active and a firm believer in the universe's power on us humans and everything life.
It was the time of the Covid fading in 2020, she had to renew her visa to continue her stay in India. She chose to go to the hospital to help with paper work but she was seen as a high risk case almost decided for a surgery after a shortwhile, slowly being compelled through subtle coercion.
Sara and Khan decided to take things in their autonomy and decided to Free Birth. They prepared for it through childbirth classes and learning about birth emergencies They birthed their baby and the placenta and have been nurturing the new soul with wisdom and love.
In part I of this episode, we discuss:
- System's view of a person based on stats as against the individual person.
- How Sara and Khan decided to Free Birth.
- Their preparation for it and the emergencies
- Detailed description of labor and birth
- Detailed description of the birth of placenta
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Induction is offered to every mother routinely in the urban hospitals in India.
The various issues are big baby, small baby, past due date , one episode of high blood pressure, all of which are not medical emergencies but perceived problems that are being brought to fit the solution to it. It is not a problem based solution scenario but more a solution based problem making.
Induction as a procedure comes with its own set of risks, it is a pseudo attempt at 'supporting normal births' Oh we tried with Induction but oh it failed and we had to do a surgery, we gave you a chance.
A real attempt at normal birth for majority of women should be waiting for spontaneous labor to begin.
You will learn the risks of Induction, the process that should be used when it is introduced as well as the chronic case of 'Failed Inductions'
Along with that I will share a little snippet from my training in Kolkata...
Know someone who was offered Induction, tune in to know more....
Few research papers we discuss here are:
- https://www.bmj.com/company/newsroom/new-trial-finds-small-benefit-of-inducing-labour-over-wait-and-see-approach-for-late-term-pregnancies/
- https://www.fogsi.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/XGCPR-IOL-26July.pdf
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.3109/14767058.2013.864274
- https://globalresearchonline.net/journalcontents/v39-2/34.pdf
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Nisha, had her first born at Birth Village, Kerala, India. She is from Bangalore and moved cities to birth. She had a vaginal / normal birth there however, something within her felt rushed, unheard and ordered around . It did not sit right with her. She longed to know more and by following the Free Birth Society Podcast and other resources she realised not everything she experienced was in alignment with physiological or natural birth. Her birth space was hampered . Listening to stories of positive births from many women and with many conditions, she realised she can birth by herself too. She just knew it. There on began her journey to prepare for emergencies, seek midwifery support only to birth all by herself.
And the experience, what did it make her feel? How did it make her see the experience she had with her first baby? Tune in to know more!
Nisha Vijayan is a mother of two children, loves cats and is a birth advocate. She runs her handle @bring_birth_back_home. You can reach to her in case you have any more questions
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Chhavi Mittal is an Indian Actress, model and producer who is also a mother of two beautiful children. The story of her two births was covered in CNA Insider's documentary , 'A million cuts - India's C-section Epidemic' which is an attempt at blowing the gaff on India's rising C-section rates in the hospitals. In hushed voices, we all know it. We all talk about birth and women's bodies being used as a money making machine for corporate hospitals.
Chhavi revealed on Instagram on her 5 page Birth Story, how she was met with aggressive and abusive treatment at the hospital with the birth of her son in 2019. With her first born , Chhavi was induced 11 days prior her estimated due date. Her body was not ready, her baby was born with assitance.
Learning from this experience, the couple took hypnobirthing classes and Chhavi circulated her birth plan with clear preferences to her doctor and pediatrician. She refused induction to begin labor. Despite clear communication, and a nicely progressing labor , medical drugs were introduced to hasten the process which turned the tables on her. Chhavi's trance was broken and her body went into a shock.
What happened next? How did Chhavi react to this treatment? How did this affect her postpartum. Tune into it to know more.....
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My childbirth classes mothers wanted a recorded audio for Birth Affirmations. We practice affirmations and visualization in the class and they are suggested to do it as a meditative exercise on their own. This episode is a product of this request and here you can use it too. It has everything you are suggested in your birth classes about labor and birth.
This can be your ally. Your encouraging partner. This can be your voice in labor and birth
Practice playing these everyday.
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It is becoming painfully sad that despite the best preparation the obstetricians/gynaecologists are able to pursue the parents to choose Surgical births like they are selling candies. The language is usually this, 'this is just the trailer, do you think you want to take it further?' Oh even after you take so much pain, you may have to undergo surgery , then why do you think you want to take it any more. It is you choice , yes you may have natural birth after waiting but it is still a risk . It is your choice. "
Sweet nudging and disempowering parents is the norm in every second hospital in Delhi, the national capital.
In all this, Supriya's birth story shows how preparation and choosing a natural birth supportive center made all the difference to her birth story from spending majority of early labor at home to going to the center. Tune in to hear her story of a natural birth.
Supriya is a new mom, an aspiring writer and a certified Hatha Yoga Coach. Her day job is with Procter and Gamble as Director, Environmental Sustainability for Asia Middle East and Africa markets. She has over a decade long experience in driving social impact via public policy with a focus on environment, health and education.
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Sameha was waiting for her labor to begin as she was already past 10 days of her estimated due date. Little did she know her labor would be a quick one and she would have labored majorly at home only rush to the birth center when she felt the first pushing sensation. Her water had already broken and there was meconium .
Now you may want to know if her hospital was close or far off. What happened when she reached the birth center? Was everyone worried about the meconium and reeled her into an emergency?
Tune in to listen to the entire story now!
Sameha Arora is a mother of a 15 year old baby boy. She is a technical product manager at Amazon India , Hyderabad.
A very passionate mother and a close friend.
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Nani, my maternal grandmother was always in the village, up north of India. She has six children, five girls and one boy, quite classic of the traditional households.
The first two , my mum and my aunt (masi) were born in a hospital outside the village where my Nanaji, maternal grandfather was a homeopath doctor.
The other four children were born at home with a traditional birth attendant (Local Daima) . All were born in a sitting position. This episode gives a cultural perspective on how birth happened in the northern indian villages.
Interestingly, the women of then some 50 years ago had immense knowledge of breastfeeding and also used a tool to express breast milk.
Tune into know what that is!
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Madhuri and Praneswara Das are Krishna devotees from Mayapur, Kolkata. Madhuri was always scared of needles. When she learnt she is pregnant which she was expecting , she was terrified on how to go about it. Initially, they did go to the doctor for checkups but there was a point when after an ultrasound they decided to do, the doctor said the liver of the baby is not functioning. This was a huge blow but they were not held or emotionally supported at the hospital.
Their faith and birth education, support from midwives and birth community kept them going. All along their faith in God led them , their baby was absolutely fine at birth with no issues. This podcast was recorded when the baby was over 6 months old.
It is interesting that after 3 days of labor, the placenta was not born for 9 hours, how did they cope up with this situation and what do they say about their inclination towards home birth if they have another baby.
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Rani Didi is my house help. She has four children, 1 girl and three boys, the oldest being the girl who is sixteen now.
When I asked Rani didi, how did you birth, she nonchalantly mentions, ‘At home!. We all birth at home’. Her description of labor is not too detailed but the story has a cultural significance. More so , it is empowering to see the ease in her voice and the confidence about her body , birth and nature.
She may not use the modern Gen Z language to describe her experience but the macroscopic details also give in a huge understanding of how birth can also be visualised.
Rani didi’s home birth stories with three children. Tune in to hear it now!
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Becca knew she wanted a home birth and researched her options to explore what was best for her in this spiritual journey of pregnancy. In the absense of a midwifery care model around her in Kerala, she decided to free birth with her partner and went on to have a transcendental experience.
Tune in to her story now to hear what was the experience with a local private hospital, the preparation needed to birth safely at home and the experience of labor and birth itself.
Becca is a coach, cognitive hypnotherapist & energy healer 1:1 who one to one with people. Her are of interests are more aligned with pregnancy and birth as a powerful tool of healing.
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If you have not heard Part I of this episode , please do to learn about the details of Namrita's empowering hospital birth that will help you connect the dots in this one.
This episode discusses
- Why did Namrita choose a homebirth after the first empowering hospital birth experience?
- What is the difference in care between a Gynaecologist or Midwife
- What does laboring in a home birth set up look like?
- How does leaving a vaginal tear to heal on its own look like as against a stiches?
Find out the answers in Namrita's story , tune in now.
Namrita is the founder of The Nesting Heart (@the.nestingheart). She is a birth and parenting educator, mentor and coach. Namrita is the mother of two beautiful children, born 7 years apart in incredibly empowering births. She brings her intuitive wisdom and years of experience and expertise as a birthworker to help mothers to be prepare, learn, unlearn and heal their way through birth, postpartum and motherhood.
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Namrita's first birth was at a hospital. This was her first exposure to childbirth education and her intuitive power in Birth. She changed doctors thrice eventually to build a team that supported her vision of birth. Yet, labour which cannot be tamed, took its own twisted path. How did Namrita traverse the labor land and came out euphoric is discussed in this part of her story?
The experience was so powerful that she became a birth worker herself. Namrita is the founder of The Nesting Heart (@the.nestingheart). She is a birth and parenting educator, mentor and coach. Namrita is the mother of two beautiful children, born 7 years apart in incredibly empowering births. She brings her intuitive wisdom and years of experience and expertise as a birthworker to help mothers to be prepare, learn, unlearn and heal their way through birth, postpartum and motherhood.
Part II will talk about her experience of a home birth with a midwife some 7 years apart. She talks at length about how this care was different from a hospital birth and how labor and birth looked like in the care of a midwife.
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Indian ecosystem greatly lacks the wisdom to support natural or normal births. Big cities are catching up with fancy equipments , packages and rooms.
The issue of Surgical births remains big still in India. What then are someone's options to birth naturally ? I often hear women say , " I understand all that you are saying but there are no doctors here who can support me" .
We answer this for you !
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Birth Education is crucial to a positive , women centric birth experience, every birth worker would say that!
In India, the industrialization of birth is rampant. The wave is being supported by hospitals where the birth classes are often filtered to suit the different commercial scenarios that may be taken into consideration during your Labor. I often, still see a lot of confusion on what birth looks like, "what can I do? Are my fears going to interfere with the process", asked a mother inspite of the preparation from the hospital.". This , in an independent birth preparation set up where your coach has no alignment with the system, is better able to prepare you for birth and postpartum, keeping you and the baby at the center for all scenarios.
There are so many questions:
Why prepare for birth when I can ask my doctor or family?
Did our previous generation in the cities have positive births, what stories have you heard?
What is Informed Decision Making?
Who owns the responsibility for the Birth?
What are the interventions that an informed mother and family can decide upon say a meconium stained liquor, need of a surgery , epidural etc
What does Birth Education give you in a nutshell?
We answer all of it in this episode. Tune in to know more!
With, Tapasya , a natural birth advocate , birth doula and traditional birth attendant, talks about the fear of birth and its impact in this episode.
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Nurturing a mother goes beyond the physical aspects of dimming the lights during labor. While that is beneficial, listening to her throughout the pregnancy, her fears, dreams, aspirations, visions and views about her new life are crucial to her feeling empowered in her body and ability to birth.
Feeling held and special during pregnancy also ensures the well being of the baby. The idea is to look at pregnancy as a wholesome experience, physical as well as emotional.
The baby and the mother are a single entity long after birth as well. Their health and emotional well being function together. Wisdom lies in this.
How do we create a nurturing space for the mother and baby?
Tune into the podcast to listen to it!
With, Tapasya , a natural birth advocate , birth doula and traditional birth attendant, talks about the fear of birth and its impact in this episode.
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This is the second episode of the Birth Better Series which talks about
- How Prenatal Care is affected by Fear
- Our body's physiological response to trying to fix a perceived fear.
- The Nocebo Effect
- Bringing back Positivity and Spiritual Value to Prenatal Care
- The cocktail of hormones that enable to woman to go on
- Creating your emotional and physical birth space to go as natural as possible for labor and birth
In the next episode, we talk about how do we nurture this birth space to empower our trust in ourselves.
With, Tapasya , a natural birth advocate , birth doula and traditional birth attendant, talks about the fear of birth and its impact in this episode.
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Ask a mother what she has heard about labor and she will quickly tell you,
"It is a pain that is capable of breaking many bones". "It is the worst kind of pain any human can undertake" "My mum said it was horrible."
Moreso, this is exactly what is shown in movies, media, print or social because we all love sensationalizing things.
Our mothers, a generation ago were birthing in the hospitals, even if they had a normal birth, their experience may not be good because it was not a natural, physiological birth. It was very well a medically managed event.
Tapasya , a natural birth advocate , birth doula and traditional birth attendant, talks about the fear of birth and its impact in this episode.
What if there is more to it? Tune in to learn more...
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The podcast has been running for over 2.5 years with over 60 episodes spread across Perinatal Education, Maternal Health and Family Dynamics. With a new name comes a newer approach to spreading awareness about Women Centric and Respectful Birth Experiences.
This podcast will cover everything around Birth and Women's Health. All kinds of birth stories will be featured , stories of birth back in the days from our parents and grandparents, stories of home and hospital births and a special coverage that requires more time and will be revealed as it cements. Now, it will be on the listener to learn about the defining features in these stories and I hope, from where I see it, the varied options on how birth can also unfold outside of the heavily mainstream view of birth as a physical experience alone, will surface from these stories.
Hoping it speaks to you in many ways!
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Season 3 has come to an end. It covered a full blown knowledge resource with segments such as the Bitesize Pregnancy Series, interview episodes with experts such as Pelvic Floor Physios, Sexual Health doctors, Birth Educators, Doulas, Doctors etc.
As we end this season, there are various changes that are planned to come out with the next Season, major being the name of the podcast. Newer segments such as Birth Stories will be added. Pregnancy series with shorter episodes will continue.....
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Hosted by Divya Kapoor, A Birth and Lactation counselor, student of traditional holistic midwifery!
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PS: We are not publishing the affirmation series as a part of this one but the next . Season 4 will have a series of Affirmation episodes.
- What are the secrets in Pregnancy Yoga -is it the mindfulness or slowing down?
- When can a mother start yoga in pregnancy if she has never exercised before?
- Does Pregnancy Yoga really aid natural delivery?
Every woman has a very different question on this , we all enquire situations and decisions from a personal need and experiences.
We sit down on numerous such questions with Prenatal and Postnatal Yoga instructor Megha Jaggi (M.A in Yoga) who is also the founder of the Wellness Cocoon practising for almost a decade now.
We try and cover most of what should help, but ....
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What happened when a mother in law did not let the mother feed her baby after delivery?
Sanvita lying on a hospital bed waiting for the crying baby to find some comfort through her, anxious and guilty. She did not know what to do !
There was a chaos and in that chaos a Lactation Counselor was stuck with her duty to get the baby inititated on Breastfeeding as early as possible.
Today's story has been inspired by a post from Yogyata Gandhi, a lactation counselor from Gurgram, India. The story although inspired is based on true events shared by Yogyata. We thank her for consenting to use the reference in this episode.
Listen to it to know what happened after. Was the baby fed?
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- What makes a birthing experience Respectful and Positive?
- Is everything out of control when you birth?
- Would you rather plan things?
- Do we know how a positive birth experience really looks like?
Our guest on today's podcast , Dr Janhavi Nilekani, a development economist, Founder and Chairperson of Aastrika Foundation - A Nilekani Philanthropies initiative that aims to bring respectful maternity care as a women's right to all sectors of the country through various entities, speaks to us about her experience of birthing in India and what led to this massive transformational step in maternal healthcare.
Dr Nilekani also calls herself an accidental healthcare entrepreneur and quotes the unavailability of Respectful Birthing- a woman's empowernment issue. She speaks to us about the journey of fighting her way through to finally find a place (Sanctum Birth Center , Hyderabad) that catered to the kind of birth she imagined for herself. A story of empowered birth.
Tune in to know more about her journey and the concrete steps Aastrika Foundation is taking to tranform the standards of maternity care in the country.
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*Postpartum meaning : Period after the delivery of the baby.
Some people describe Birth as Healing , Magical and Orgasmic.
Some describe it as Uncomfortable, Tiring and Endured.
Others describe it as painful and traumatic.
What makes Birth what? And how do you learn what you want your Birth to look like? Is it possible to have these desires and work on creating an experience?
Keesha, takes on these questions. She answers for us , 'how can one involve their families in Birth- partner or parents?' , the question we left Part I of this conversation on.
Keesha Hernandez is a Travelling Doula and a perinatal yoga instructor.
We also discuss
- What role can a Doula play in your pregnancy?
- Significance of Breath work and Movement in Labor management.
- Learning to tap into our own personal preferences to work in sync with our envisioned Birth journey.
At the end of the episode we hear a powerful story of Birth aided with visualizations and Sound meditation.
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*Postpartum meaning : Period after the delivery of the baby.
This World Breastfeeding Awareness Week, Two Lactation Counselors, Sharadha Raman from Coimbatore and myself sit down to discuss the common breastfeeding problems mother's face and what is the ultimate solution.
Sharadha is a visiting counselor with two hospitals in Coimbatore and runs her own service by the name of 'Mom's Space' , a safe forum for the mothers and pregnant women to share and learn about the ways to embrace the challenges during their pregnancy and post delivery. She frequently conducts prenatal breastfeeding workshops through the forum.
She is a mother of two lovely kids and focuses mainly towards educating and counseling mothers and mothers-to-be on lactation and infant massage through one-to-one sessions and workshops.
In this episode you would hear
1) Stories! Stories of real people with real breastfeeding issues and how they solved them.
2) Where does your preparation journey start?
3) How should you approach your individualised parenting and breastfeeding journey?
After all, a happy mother enables a happy baby.
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*Postpartum meaning : Period after the delivery of the baby.
I would not be surprised when those who had immesely transformative births say that birth needs a lot of inner work, causes emotional stir and heals you in different ways.
Consequently, Birth work also brings changes for the people involved in those birth stories like Keesha says as a doula the inner work has translated into various aspects and relationships of her life.
Dive into the conversation to learn-
1) What does a Doula Do?
2) How does birth look like with guidence under a Doula?
3) Emotional Work that Birth is for everyone involved
4) Spiritual connection that it brings.
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*Postpartum meaning : Period after the delivery of the baby.
Another episode for the Yearly Segment of Fatherhood Stories on the Podcast.
This is about Postpartum Anxiety in Men during Pregnancy and Postpartum. Our Guest Today, Joshua Maze is the Dad Coordinator for Postpartum Support International, a nature connected coach and a bachelor's in social work.
Joshua learnt how his experiences rounded up to Postpartum Anxiety and started helping new dads through his efforts on various platforms in recognizing and finding support during this emotionally heavy phase of becoming a parent.
We learn from him how the transition felt like and how we as a society can learn to support Dads and help their involvement in Parenting.
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Rajat Mittal is the founder of 'Boyish' - a monthly newsletter expanding the discourse on masculinity in India. Boyish aims to break Gender Stereotypes by talking about the impact of patriarchy on all genders of the society. Rajat's take on Boyish is fresh and intuitive. He is also a former co-founder of Menstrupedia.
As a Father's day special, an yearly segment of Fatherhood stories on the Podcast, I was particularly driven to get him on board and learn from him precisely in what ways Parenting and Fatherhood laid the foundation of a more intuitive take on life which inturn could have led to 'Boyish'.
Parenting opens up the same gates of society with a fresh perspective and we learn in the podcast:
1) About Parenting and Fatherhood as a stereotyped role.
2) Rajat's personal experiences of parenting and the impact it has on his life.
3) How he looks at Parenting as more of an equal or a balanced affair.
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Next up on Season 3 is a conversation on Paternal Postpartum Anxiety with Joshua Maze, Dad coordinator for Postpartum Support International . I am Sorry for having delayed episode with Doula Keesha , this should be out soon!
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So many things boomeranged together and I realized I had by mistake announced that the next episode will be Part II of the Dental health episode with Dr Pooja, however there is no second part to it.
The coming episode will be released thisFriday -10th Feb 2022 , which is all about the emotional aspect of Birth and its translation into a birth worker's life. This is with Doula Keesha, a part of the Doula Stories theme.
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*Postpartum meaning : Period after the delivery of the baby.
This is a sequel to '#18- Birth Health- What is that one ingredient that matters'. Consider listening to it first as a bonus in terms of context!
You asked me this- 'On the roller coaster journey of postpartum, how do I know if I am carrying the seat belt?'We discover this and go through the various ways postpartum hits us emotionally. At the end of this episode I share an activity for you to prepare yourself for the emotionally turbulant postartum days by asking yourself some potent questions!
We discuss,
- What emotional changes are expected early as the parenthood journey starts?
- When does it gets serious and an alarm should be raised?
- An activity for you to prepare yourself for postpartum?
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*Postpartum meaning : Period after the delivery of the baby.
Brushing is often seen as the most overlooked aspect of our life and yet when we face the camera , we flash all of them that make to the smile curve, to the photographer.
With our little ones , we are overcautious of how the teeth appear as they categorically sum up to the beauty quotient. But are we teaching them the right brushing skills or do we know them ourselves? It was fun to figure that out in this conversation.
Additionaly, how and what to do to protect teeth from cavities, decay and much more in this episode with Dr Pooja Rajagopal (Pediatric Dentist).
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Starting with a great news here, I am now an Internationally Certified Lactation Counselor. I would now be able to extend this education and the aim to bring awareness about Breast feeding to a greater periphery.
Thankyou so much for your love on the podcast. I look forward to be able to serve you one to one too!
In this episode , we explore how Birth Health- your seat belt for pregnancy and the period after you become a new mother called 'Postpartum' affects your journey.
I forgot carrying my seat belt on the Roller Coater ride of Postpartum. What did that mean for me? What would that mean for you as a learning?
We sit across again talking about the most crucial ingredient for sailing through Birth and Parenthood.
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This Episode is close to my heart because here in a listener reached out to me about her experience with 'Vaginismus' and said that so little is spoken and even done to bring about a respectable acceptance of the condition and so wishes more was spoken about the condition.
In 2022, here we are with Dr Niveditha trying to learn about the condition that 'Vaginismus' is and when one thinks they may have it, how do they approach the situation.
Dr Niveditha is an Indian Venereologist and a clinician in Sexual Health who specializes in HIV medicine, currently based in Syndey , Australia. She is well known on Instagram by her handle Dr_nive_untaboos.
Speaks about
1) How to approach Vaginismus?
2) Differentiate between manifesting what you have been told and if you actually have it?
3) Partner support
Sexual Health information resource: https://www.fpnsw.org.au
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Next up on Season 3 is an episode with Dr. Pooja Rajagopal - a pediatric dentist on Children Dental Health
Pregnancy Series is back and the next episode here is on 'Birth Health- what it is and what it should mean for you as a pregnanct woman or a new mother'
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Part II of our conversation is centered at Pregnancy Exercise and its effect on Postpartum recovery.
Dr Divya Gaur helps us approach the early postpartum in a more guided and structured way.
Speaks about
1)The significance of prenatal exercises on Postnatal recovery.
2) Causes of Urinary Incontinence
3) Prevention and treatment of urinary incontinence.
4) Approaching pregnancy fitness and Postpartum Recovery.
Tune in to listen to the story of a woman laboring with a positive pain perception and how it affected her labor.
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Next up on Season 3 is an episode with Dr Nivedita also famous as Dr_nive_untaboos about Vaginismus before and after Pregnancy
Pregnancy Series is on hold for two weeks due to personal engagements. Will be aired after 15 days, thankyou for your love and patience. We are missing just one episode here! Remember, we are a biweekly podcast with episodes alternating between Seasonal and BiteSize.
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Million dollar question !
If you are in India, and you say "Doctor! I read somewhere I need to have a Birth Plan? I am going to very soon share one with you". You are so excited and the doctor says, " We do not do Birth Plans. What are they really?"
Your hopes of doing your best in Pregnancy and Birth are first shattered here and the little hopes of participation are also snatched away. Anyway, I would as a Birth Educator tell you , You should still make a birth plan! Why?
Tune in darlings!
Listen to the Episodes referenced here:
1) What is Informed Decision Making?
2) What is a Natural Birth?
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Next up on Season 3 is Part II of our conversation with Dr Divya Gaur on Pregnancy and Exercise and its effect Postpartum.
Next up on Pregnancy Series is an episode about how should you approach Pregnancy Preparation? What would education do for you!
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'The two lines' that set you on a journey to become 'three' . The happy positive for many of us where soon after the news , we start surfing the online world for what to do to prepare ourself in Pregnancy and for Birth.
The sooner you write 'Baby' in your google search, the faster Internet starts bombarding you with information on Pregnancy, Exercise, Fitness, Yoga , Baby Care, Baby Care Products etc.
One of the most nasty questions a lot of us have is , should we start exercising now?
- Is it okay to start all of a sudden?
- Does this cause any discomfort to my baby?
- What are the benefits vs Risks?
In Part I of our conversation with Divya Gaur we discuss Pregnancy Exercises and its benefits.
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Next up on Season 3 is Part II of this episode where we further explore exercise in Pregnancy
Next up on Pregnancy Series is an episode How and when do you plan for birth? - Your Birth Plan
Disclaimer- No, you may not want to listen to it as it is not education based, but is a trip back in time to help you find a perspective into 'What is a natural Birth' ? It is nothing like you know it!
We go back in time and through the references from two textbooks to understand what it is.
The content of this episode is my perspective as a birth professional. It may give you that one hook you need to hang on to.
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Next up on Season 3 is an episode with a Physiotherapist on the importance of exercising during Pregnancy
Next up on Pregnancy Series is an episode How and when do you plan for birth?
Nutrition is often a topic of debate especially when it comes to children.
Some of us stick to what we serve the family but as the child grows, parents have to frequently deal with a child not opening up to new foods, eating only a specific food items or may be denying foods.
In this episode , Nidhi Yadav who is child nutrition educator with certifications from UNICEF, Cornell and Stanford speaks to us about
- the start of today's narrative on nutrition.
- the involvement of families in ensuring good meal times.
- the hullaballoo about Chia seeds in children food.
- scheduled meal times for children.
- whether there is a need of special preparation for children.
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Next up on Season 3 is an episode with a Physiotherapist on the importance of exercising during Pregnancy
Next up on Pregnancy Series is an episode on what is natural birth?
Pregnancy Series Wrapped!
I often come across people who want their birth journey a certain way. One of the crucial decisions at the start of your journey play a major factor in defining your birth journey.
I learnt it the hard way. So here is a list of what you should be thinking about and doing in each stage of Pregnancy to work towards the kind of birth experience you want.
We talk about:
1) Pre-conception phase
2) Each trimester (I, II and III)
At the end of the episode there will be an activity to help you take the right decisions for you.
Episodes to consider:
1) Choosing the right hospital and doctor
2) Who is a doula and midwife?
3) What are informed decision making and Indian Charter of Patients rights?
4) Understanding Stress in Pregnancy?
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Next episode about Children and Nutrition to be out on January 12th 2022.
In the second part of our conversation for the 'Doula Stories' series with Nidhi Seth on spiritual birth, we discuss the aspects of emotional healing both for a doula and a mother.
Nidhi is a Certified Birth Doula, Ayurvedic Postpartum Doula, Hatha/Prenatal/Postnatal Yoga Instructor, Bengkung Belly Binding Practitioner, Clinical Herbalist in Training working on Women & Infant Medicine.
Being a doula is an emotionally exhausting job. We discuss:
- How Nidhi follows detachment?
- Birthwork for Parents.
- Partnering in for Birth- The Feminine and the Masculine
- Emotional Healing process.
Part I of the episode is here: S03EP02 Doula Stories Part I with Nidhi Seth
Thankyou SpotifyIndia for featuring me on 'Women in Audio' alongside wonderful other artists.
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Next up on Season 3 is a parenting Episode with Nidhi Yadav on 'Food and Nutrition' for children.
Next up on Pregnancy Series is a descriptive episode on what you should be thinking in each phase of your pregnancy.
There are two fundamentals to being active in Pregnancy.
Your exercise and posture.
Posture enables movement , increases range of motion and teams up well with your exercise routine. Do not forget Posture to ensure your comfort in Pregnancy.
There are more benefits . Tune in to know more.
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Click on the below links for gentle exercises
Disclaimer: Undergo guided exercises, get cleared by your doctor for exercise before starting and always listen to your body when undertaking any activity. Stop when you feel like.
Yoga with Lara Dutta
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiSp9fnekZc
Cardio with BodyfitbyAmy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd7_vi0GV1c
This episode is a part of the 'Doula Stories' of Season 3
There were moments during this conversation that I felt a deep profound connect with an outer source that is guiding us all. This is Part I of our conversation
Nidhi Seth has been in the space of providing support to birthing families during and after birth. She has a high vibrational energy that catches on . More so, we know deep down that birth is hardwired into us but in a world constantly being bombarded with distraction fuelled by the vested interests of the businesses, we often need this energy to look withing and stir the chords of who we are. Nidhi has been that for us in this Episode.
Nidhi is a Certified Birth Doula, Ayurvedic Postpartum Doula, Hatha/Prenatal/Postnatal Yoga Instructor, Bengkung Belly Binding Practitioner, Clinical Herbalist in Training working on Women & Infant Medicine.
Here we speak about the various layers of birth including the spiritual aspects-
- Birth as a divine process
- Interventions and Cesarean
- Doula support and its significance
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Our Breasts change significantly during Pregnancy and all of this is to enable Lactation.
If you notice even one out of any of these symptoms, your breasts are working hard, changing to enable lactation and allow breastfeeding to happen as the baby is delivered.
Listening to this episode, I hope you go one step closer to the power of nature within you guiding through pregnancy and birth. You got the power!
We cover:
1) Breast changes and what do they mean?
2) What all enables lacatation and Breastfeeding?
3) How do you prepare for Breastfeeding during Pregnancy?
4) We share a small activity to prepare you for breastfeeding.
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I read somewhere,
"May your coffee, pelvic floor, intuition and self appreciation stay strong!"
Cannot describe this episode better.
In this episode based on the understanding of pelvic floor issues early postpartum and the common concerns regarding postpartum health is with Pelvic Health Physiotherapist Melissa Dessaulles who has an extensive postgraduate training in both male and female pelvic health with a special interest in perinatal health. She is the founder of MommyBerries, Podcast Host and a mom of 2 who through her postpartum journey recognized the lack of support and guidance for new moms experiencing life changing, embarrassing symptoms.
Here we discuss
1) How to approach the embarrassing symptoms like leaking urine, poop postpartum.
2) What is normal and a lot of it is, and when to seek help?
3) Why we should bring forward the stories of progression?
And we go the length and breadth of what are kegels? What is Pelvic Floor? What should you know and how to individualize care, know yourself better!!
Tune in to know more!
Find Melissa here,
Instagram: @mommyberrieshealth
Website: MommyBerries
In the next episode ,we bring on all aspects of Birth with a Doula.
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**No you are not alone, not in Pregnancy, Postpartum or Parenting .
This is the trailer of Season 3 of Mommytrack Daddy Whispers Podcast.
We talk about the less common subjects that concern Pregnancy, birth , early Postpartum and Parenting.
BiteSize Pregnancy Series continues from Season 2. Who is a doula? What are informed decisions? How about going back to your mothers in Pregnancy? What should really about stress in Pregnancy? What is the role of a father in pregnancy? and much more….
Our interview series focusses on Doula Stories, Birth Preparation, Pelvic Floor health before and after Pregnancy, Fatherhood and Parenting divided into various sub themes. We discuss Leaking urine, the emotional roller coaster ride day in and day out being a new mom and the constant feeling underlying - pregnancy,birth , postpartum and parenting - Is it just me?
Thankyou for showing immense love in the last two seasons.
We hope you find what you need in this Season as well.
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Stretch marks are a common by product of Pregnancy!
The moment you become pregnant the entire advertising industry starts explaining to you how these need to be fixed.
Is it ? Is that needed? Figure out yourself by doing an activity at the end of the episode- not physical lol
In this episode we discuss
1) What are stretch marks?
2) What factors enable the amount of stretch marks one would have?
3) What are the treatments available?
4) Should you be worried?
In the next episode ,we shall discuss Breast changes in Pregnancy
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Pregnancy is a time of bliss and worry. Love and uncertainities.
Being a student birth educator, I am always inclined to telling you that knowing things with the right persepective will bring down worry.
In this episode we talk about what to avoid in Pregnancy. We , however cover a few signifcant topics that are talked about less.
1) What caution should be used in Pregnancy?
2)What not to worry about?
3) You did not know you were expecting and did not exercise caution, we talk about certain things if consumed unaware then what should be done.
In the last episode, we talked about Pregnancy and Nutrition, in the next episode we will talk about Strech marks in Pregnancy but if you do want something else to be covered, drop me a message, here:
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I am nominated for Hubhopper Podcast Awards 2021, vote for me here:
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4) And you are done!, Thankyou!!
While there are so many things related to an individual's nutrition, we in this episode break down that one thumb rule that should get you going.
As a student childbirth educator and not a nutritionist , this episode does not delve into the intricacies of nutrition but gives you a fair idea on how to get your nutrients balanced.
Nutrition is also much more than just what is on your plate, we discuss that and the affect of nutrition on changing pregnancy symptoms.
In the next episode, we talk about Pregnancy hazards!
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- Why were there crystals on my Bra?
- What did the doctor say?
- Do Breasts Leak during pregnancy?
- Are there some warning signs to know of?
We talk all about this along with my personal story on this episode of BiteSize Pregnancy Series, the aim of which is to provide knowlegde so as to enable informed decisions throughout Pregnancy, child birth and postpartum.
Host is a Student of childbirth and lactation studies.
In the next episode we will talk about Nutrion and Weight gain in Pregnancy!
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~BiteSize Pregnancy Series
- How many times have you found yourself needing to find answers?
- How many times have you found yourself needing to find similarities in your and someone else's symptoms?
We all fear the unknown and find comfort in what is common because it feels what we are going through is normal.
Penny Simpkin says:
- Ask your mother to tell you her story of giving birth to you?
- Ask your partner to do it with his mother?
Is it always beneficial?
We discuss the pros and cons of going back to our mothers in Pregnancy. We discuss how to build your commune in Pregnancy!
- How is it beneficial?
- How should you exercise the conversation?
- How should you ask questions?
- What caution should you take when you discuss your pregnancy with your mothers or friends in general?
In the next episode we will talk about Common Pregnancy Hazards!
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~BiteSize Pregnancy Series
Quoting NICHD
"It is normal to feel some stress during pregnancy. Your body is going through many changes, and as your hormones change, so do your moods."
What is the most common cause of Stress in Pregnancy- Worrying about feeling stressed.
Mood changes and a bit of overthinking is a part of the process.
It is significant to know what should be an alarm.
How can being alert be beneficial for you?
What stress management techniques one can utilise in Pregnancy?
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In this episode, we are joined by Nadir Kanthawala and Peter Kotikalapudi , the creators of Pops in a Pod Podcast that focuses on sharing a father's perspective on Parenting.
Nadir has been in the television and media industry for over a decade and Peter is a Digital Marketing Professional currently working with Kommune on the Podcasting Community.
Peter did tell me that they love telling stories and the experience as you can hear was extremely joyous. They shared stories of their fathers, grandparents and fun parenting anecdotes.
Our laughter comes through the episode.
Tune in to hear about what these new age fathers think about parenting, impact of digital marketing on children, protectiveness in this generation and the last and some very healthy comparisons as well.
As a part of our series- Conversation with Fathers, we bring to you an unadulterated discussion with Vaibhav Dewan, the creator and host of 'Baap Beeti - a pregnant Papa Podcast.
Vaibhav has a line of experience behind him from being a Broadcast Journalist at BBC to Radio Mirchi but here in our conversation he focuses very strongly on the fact that his experience as a father is new and he is learning how to parent from his son!
What a wonderful thing to say! Vaibhav opens up about travel and travel with a toddler, emotional security and the societal baggage around it in fathers. He talks about the balance and teamwork that parenting is and much more.
Listen to this delightful episode that goes from one story to another and opens a number of chapters from the book of a father!
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“In order to align your life choices with your values, you will need to inquire about the effects of your actions (and inactions) on yourself and others. Although we are always stumbling upon new knowledge that shifts our choices and life direction, bringing conscious inquiry to life means that we continually ask questions that lead us to the information we need to make thoughtful decisions. Asking questions is liberating because we develop great understanding and discover more choices with our new knowledge.”
-Zoe Weil, Most Good, Least Harm: A Simple Principle for a Better World and Meaningful Life
Informed decision making process in the healthcare system is marred by the hesitation of asking questions from the authority ie the healthcare provider. It is backed by the common belief that the healthcare system decided the care that needs to be provided and your role in your ensuring your health is minimal.
- We look at how this process can be balanced.
- We discuss if who really is the actual authority in deciding the treatment you receive.
- What aids are present to support your right to informed decision making
- We discuss two out of the seventeen rights from the Indian Charter of Patient's Rights adopted by NHRC that give you the power to informed care.
Covid 19 ( Coronavirus) has dishevelled our lives again, right around the time we were beginning to believe that things will be be normal again.
Last year was difficult and this year has been very disturbing in the last couple of months.
We are now adjusting more strongly to the fact that we will have to live with it and maintain caution at all times until a sustainable solution to the problem is found. Vaccine is so far being considered the only solution.
Breastfeeding mums and Pregnant woman are a section of society that need a specific and circumstantial understanding of how this phase affects us mothers to be or breastfeeding mothers.
In this episode we are joined by Dr Kirti Jain , Senior Gynaecologist and IVF expert from Delhi, who helps find answers to some common apprehensions and concerns around Covid Vaccine
In this episode we cover,
1) Pregnancy and Vaccination
2) Breastfeeding and vaccination
3) Post vaccination care
4) Covid care post infection in pregnancy and breastfeeding mums
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We all have our pregnancy and postpartum stories.
For some of us like me this phase completely changed the way I look at life.
It first revealed a side of me I thought did not exist and then all through the highs and lows, this journey has healed me from one extreme to another.
I knew all through that my husband looked at it from a very different perspective.
For him , it was more about trying to make sense and sometimes feel marvelled at beautiful undertones of pregnancy, while at other times , wonder what he could do to ease out the discomfort.
Postpartum was tough for me and it was for him too.
I sensed how helpless he felt, how alarmed he felt at seeing a new persona unfold in front of him.
I was too broken to ask him about anything. I remember feeling guilty of the way I behaved and helpless at not helping myself and him too.
It was stressful for him too.
He could have had his story, his worries and they were all superimposed by my issues early postpartum. But I could sense how it disturbed both of us.
And that's the reason 'Mommytrack Daddy Whispers' Podcast started with me but has always had daddy in it, we need to discuss perinatal health for fathers too, for the partners too, to be more inclusive.
In this Episode we discuss,
- How fathers feel during Pregnancy?
- How can they reduce the stress during Pregnancy?
- Why is Perinatal health for fathers significant, what does Research say?
Postpartum Support International is the organisation that provides emotional support to both mothers and fathers in the perinatal stage. They have volunteers all across the world , who can be searched here:
Search for PSI support in your country
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" Children are human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of the greater possibilities of their future" - Maria Montessori
I witnessed two events in the last couple of months that had a lasting impact on me as a mother. One of which left me torn and the other healed me in a way.
I talk about these two in this episode and it reflects upon the way we look at 'Respect', rather the way we enforce 'Respect' in children.
The Respect Paradox- The foundation of Respect that usually waggles.
Here we discuss:
1) What really is the problem with they way we enforce respect?
2) What are its consequences?
3) How can we resolve the issue?
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We are often anxious of going past the due date without naturally going into labor.
The reasons are many, the fear of getting induced, the fear of the risks it entails.
In this episode, we address why going into labor at different times is normal.
We cover:
- What are due dates?
- Why are due dates calculated?
- Can you know when did you conceive?
- What happens when we go past due dates ?
- What questions should one ask if the doctor decides to induce?
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Last Episode of Bitesize pregnancy Series we discussed 'Early pregnancy symptoms and the reason behind it'
In the next episode, we discuss what evidence based informations says about what triggers labor and what role does a father play in early pregnancy.
~BiteSize pregnancy series is aimed at providing information throughout pregnancy and enable informed decisions.
"Your pregnant elephant ankles will return to normal. Just hang in there!"-Adriel Booker
The early pregnancy signs range from nausea and headache to nothing at all for some women. But we often dread Nausea , right? Nausea when mild may not be accompanied with Vomiting at all. So the early signs of pregnancy vary and some of us go through a number of other symptoms like hip pain and abdomen pain as well which can be present through out pregnancy, one symptom dominant over another.
The fast changing baby bearing body's ecosystem is essential and learning why all that you face early pregnancy helps keep calm, appreciate challenges and embrace this phase.
Here we cover:
- Why Nausea happens and how can you manage it?
- Drowsiness and Fatigue and the reason behind it
- Different pains and what is happening inside your body that causes these discomforts and others.
- How to prepare your family member to be a doula and your emotional support
We also covered all my pregnancy signs and symptoms and how i felt going through them in this Episode: Pregnancy Quirks. We attempted to keep it fun and light, let us know how you find it.
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Last Episode of Bitesize pregnancy Series we discussed 'Who are Midwives and Birth Doulas and why should you need one?'
In the next episode we discuss all about due dates and its calculation.
"Age is an issue of mind over matter, if you do not mind , it does not matter" -Mark Twain
The biological age however does affect us. This is an episode which is a part of the second theme of Season 2 -Ask you gynaecologist.
Here we are joined by Dr. Manasi Naralkar who is a clinical Obstetrician, Gynaecologist and a fertility expert from Pune, India.
If you have always wanted to start or extend a family but age has always hovered your mind when it comes to making a decision, you should listen to this.
We cover:
- Effect of age on fertility.
- Effect of exercise on reversing this effect.
- Options for couples to plan pregnancies later without affecting the health of the child- tests, egg and embryo freezing.
- Effect of societal pressure on couple on starting or extending a family.
- And lots more.....
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"When a flower does not bloom, you fix the environment in which it grows and not the flower"
-Alexander Den Heijer
This cannot be more true for Childbirth process. Labor, progression and the birth of the babies is influenced by leaps and bounds by the physical and mental ecosystem a woman is provided as the labor progresses.
The aim of this series is to provide knowledge so as to enable informed decisions throughout pregnancy and Childbirth.
In this episode, we discuss
- Who are Birth Doulas and Midwives?
- The benefits of their presence
- The significance of the emotional state of a woman during child birth
- Stats on Birth Doulas and Midwives by NCBI ( US National Center for Biotechnology Information)
- A beautiful quote by Barbara Katz Rothman
In the next episode , we will discuss the early Pregnancy symptoms and their reasons.
Indian Birth Networks for Doulas and Midwives
BirthIndia: This has the doulas and Midwives as well as other counsellors listed across India
Delhi Birth Network
Birth India on Insta
Insta has region wise birth network across India, should be very useful.
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Motherhood is honestly a bumpy ride, especially the first few months. It has its joys and it has its lows. It comes with mood swings and a will to outgo. That rhymed there , right!
Lots of songs and lullabies and mothers who can rhyme, but there is another thing that is very common among lactating mothers which is tremendous confusion about whether they are producing enough milk, the breastfeeding process is painful, how much should i mix feed etc.
To answer some of these questions we have with us as a part of 'Know your birthing process' for this month, Saumya Dwivedi , who is a Certified Lactation Counsellor and a Babywearing Educator. She has also started a wonderful project to bring awareness around Breastfeeding called 'Pushya' which means nourishing. You can check it out here, Pushya.
In this episode we cover:
1) The importance of the emotional state of a woman for smoothly breastfeeding
2) Preparation is the key to Lactation Concerns as well.
3) Tips on proper latch, Reduce engorgement, ensure a well fed baby etc
4) Baby birth trauma, child rights and more!
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PS: You would hear the cry of my daughter in the background a couple of times. the areas that were crucial and could not be edited. I am a mother and we do it at odd times, ensure she sleeps etc but we have our days right and i would not redo it because the women i work with are mothers too who 'find' time to do this with me. I would value everyone's time and wear my life and situations with pride. Wanted to write a caution, so if this generally irritates you , you have a heads up from me. :)
Congratulations on your pregnancy! The first step is to now choose the right birth place and the doctor.
In this Pregnancy Series, we break down each pregnancy stage just like this one and provide you enough information to make those decisions better.
In this episode, we talk about how you would choose the right care providers for your beautiful journey as the would be parents.
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As a part of 'Know your birthing process ' theme for the month of March-April, we are discussing the common birthing situations faced by women in this episode with Megha Khanduja from Mothering Mothers. While in labor and delivering, especially when it is for the first time, a woman may have tons of questions based on what she is experiencing, it is valid for her to expect answers for all of them. But more often that not, we do not find answers to all them, which is what we are trying to figure out here, answers to questions while in labour or about labour and birth.
Highlights
1) Contractions
2) Significance of cord around a baby's neck
3) Baby heartbeat fluctuations while in labor
4) Birth Rights
5) Labor management etc.
You will learn the motivating story of Megha where knowledge helped her empower herself and take charge of her birth experience.
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We have brought to you an episode which encourages you to enhance your knowledge about birthing processes.
Expecting parents often dwindle in the delivery rooms when it comes to making decisions in different circumstances, at that point in time the knowledge about birthing comes handy.
In this episode, Niati a hypnobirthing expert with over a decade of experience talks about the following
- Why pregnancy and giving birth to a child is traditionally a sacred process?
- What is hypnobirthing?
- How the practice of hypnobirthing equips parents to make informed decisions.
- Why we need to rethink the entire birthing methods undertaken by hospitals and make efforts towards making it more pleasurable than daunting because it can be that way.
Let us work towards inculcating knowledge and empowering ourselves in all walks of life.
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I am into a new phase with my daughter. She is a toddler and the change in her is visible more than ever.
There are frequent power struggles, she is able to express herself clearly and there are conflicts. She can be stubborn at times that she will stick with what she wants. She knows that her words are being received in the way she wants.
And so it makes it even more important to know what development stage they are. It helps to know what to expect from them.
It also helps to know what methods should be applied to help them calm down. How to mould your methods to fit this new age.
We will discuss my experience, we are covering:
- Development stage of the child: Physical and emotional
- The four methods of managing children
- Overregulation
- Under regulation
- Power Struggles
- Trust
- Parenting tip of the episode
Listen to it and see if it connects. It may empower both you and your children.
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Here in this episode, we have Maitri share her experience of how it was starting school of her daughter in the pandemic.
If your child is right about the age of starting school and you need to know someone's first hand experience , this is for you.
Maitri talks about
- The difficulties of online studies for a kid starting their school journey.
- Effort to maintain balance of studies with work and school.
- How affective does she feel this method is.
- How screen time for a preschooler is managed.
- The best method to start a child's studies in the pandemic based on her experience.
PS: Please note the experiences are based on how Indian School's are enrolling preschoolers in the pandemic.
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This episode is a short memoir of my childhood with my grandfather. It is in the Hindi language. It is a small attempt to bring to notice the importance of grandparents in a child's life.
Jay Kesler said, " Young people need something stable to hang on to -
a culture connection, a sense of their own past, a hope for their own future.
Most of all, they need what grandparents can give them...."
This quote perfectly sums up this mini episode. This is also a tribute to my late grandfather whom I miss every now and then.
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2020 has been historic and profound due to its own reasons.
It has been a difficult year an extraordinary one.
In this episode, i took out the time to prepare a travel bag where i revisited this entire year and chose things i would still want to take to 2021 in my travel bag and things i would want to discard.
I think it is really important to open this dialogue where we bring forth our stories and share what we all are taking in our travel bags to 2021.
Because we all are different and present a scope to learn and inspire.
This is the last episode of the year. Here is me wishing a lovely new year and warm, love filled end to this one.
Here we discuss how physical factors like seasons and food affect our mental health : both adults and children.
We usually overlook the seasonal or sudden weather changes as a contributing factor to how our moods may elevate or droop.
Prachi S Vaish, a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist talks to us about the study and her experience with her clients on this.
We talk about
Bipolar disorder
Seasons affecting mood
food as a mood regulator
Biological clocks
Children and foods, weather
Importance of developing emotional vocabulary for children
and much more
Uncovering the following:
What are habits?
How do habits form?
Does brain work on patterns?
Does brain like patterns?
Why travel makes us happy?
Why children lack focus?
How to build boundaries with children based on neuroscience?
Why taking risks is a habitual aspect of our lifestyles?
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Motherhood is great . Motherhood is different. Motherhood is tough. Motherhood but should not be an episode of suffering, pain , held emotions , disconnect and deluded self. It should not be you but a part of who you are.
In this episode of MommyTrack Daddy Whispers we talk with Psychologist Prachi, who breaks various stereotypes for us and speaks from a raw and honest place, especially from the Indian family dynamics perspective.
Listen to her speak about Postpartum Depression, setting boundaries in life, positive and negative emotions, Psychology of criticism , Anxiety linked with upbringing of ignored emotions and more. Additionally, she runs one of a kind emotional wellness project for expecting and new mothers.
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Often new parents find themselves being questioned for their choices. A lot of the times the plethora of suggestions hurled at new parents can be disturbing.
What is parent policing in families especially with new parents and their first borns . Why does criticism exist and can we do away with it? What is the origin of criticism?
We are discussing all of this in this episode where we take a simple look at life.
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After all the purpose of this podcast is to build a community of well meaning parents who help each other grow.
We have our second guest in this episode, Neha Misra -CEO and co-founder of @thefinlitproject . In this episode she shares her journey , how as a young mother at 25 she went on to achieve so many great things be it post grad at one of the esteemed colleges in India to working at the Long Term Stock Exchange in New York. She is using her wisdom to bring financial learning to each household. We often wonder why some people are great investors and where we should actually start. How difficult the world of stocks and investments is?
You will find out in this episode . Tune in to know more.
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Mark Twain said, "What is the real function, the essential function, the supreme function, of language? Isn’t it merely to convey ideas and emotions? Certainly. Then if we can do it with words of phonetic brevity and compactness, why keep the present cumbersome forms ? "
Emotions are a language. How do they affect us ? What is the science behind Relationships called? What is that one emotion that you can swear by when trying to maintain harmony in your relationships. Why meltdowns in children are a sign of showing distress? All that and more covered in this episode. Join along and see if it connects.
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Internet is flooded with information on pregnancy, motherhood, baby care and a lot of similar stuff. What to choose or what not has always been a hard stuff for mothers and fathers. And we have all been there when we look back and say , ' That there was an absolute ridiculous stuff I bought ' . But this extremely generic globalization that may not fit all has its good side too. Listen to this crisp Episode where I go through my experience through some very common myths and methods.
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This is a conversation with a father. Our first guest, Daniel takes us down memory lane and speaks of his experience as a father , the role and responsibilities, how he feels about it, the miraculous firsts and some funny anecdotes.
How a father perceives parenting and is it any different from the mother? The process may be but the final goal? Find out what has been our guest's experience.
If you like it or have a feedback or want more of similar conversations, please share your thoughts on divyavoce@gmail.com
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There are methods to managing kids. The process is slow but worthy. Find out the methods that we can hold onto even in times of lockdown and struggles. To make our needy souls happy, there are some tricks identified in this episode. We remember to use the magic element throughout as we work with kids and learn and grow as better human beings.
If any of the things mentioned in the episode connect to you or hit a chord, do leave a note . All smiles!
This question popped up on my mind last week on international Mother's day. To me parenthood is as much about partnership as marriage is. And Typically, a father is born the day a mother is, their roles surely can be different at times but parenthood is well, about balance.
So i browsed and surfed and did my research. The times surely are changing, societal pressures on men and women to stick to their assigned roles was huge at some point in time. This is seeing a positive shift. Coming from an indian family, i see a tremendous blurring of the roles which to me should have always been natural.
So how did these days come into being and why do we celebrate them the way we do?
Listen to me unlocking these answers and share my thoughts here in this episode! Hop on!
In business, we are taught to know our enemies first, before we make that pitch.
We are struggling with a new normal and to hit a chord with the new way of life, it is vital to figure out our enemies. They could be lurking behind our happy faces and attack in the nights.
Join me as I try to unfold the reasons of our subtle yet draining every day battles.
As parents,we first need to keep our sanity in place to be able to manage the kids which is precisely what we are aiming for in this episode. Once the parents are sorted, the children are easier to deal with as we unlock that magic key element in the process.
These surely are difficult times due to the COVID19 pandemic and more so for the pregnant women. I was talking to my friend a couple of weeks back and recollected some Bizarre pregnancy symptoms I had. In this light-hearted episode I take you back in time to my pregnancy days describing the anxious, insecure and super confused me embracing life and its magic.
Hoping this would lighten your burden in such overwhelming times and make you smile even if for once!
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While they say, it is happy ever after, after the baby is born, but is it just a fairytale? Postpartum brings a strong change in the dynamics of a family especially in the relationship of a husband and wife. In this episode, we will go through my journey postpartum and see how we coped up with the tough times and what did we learn.
Do we talk about Postpartum Depression? Do we even recognize it? Motherhood can be tough. A new mother is usually brimming with emotions and imbalanced hormones. Seldom, the mental state of new mothers and new fathers goes unacknowledged in the hustle bustle of new life. In this episode I share my experience and speak from a general Indian family set up perspective. It creates a unique environment. It creates a unique story.