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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.Support the show
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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.
Navigating questions around safety of Homebirth as the husbandResearch and therapy work involved in preparation for birthNesting urge for the fathersZeroing in on a Midwife and building a teamWhat having a midwife as against the mainstream hospital care can look likeInternal exploration and working on fears in preparation for birthSignificance of Childbirth classes in Preparing for Birth.
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: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.
Discovery of pregnancy while breastfeeding twins.Decision of home birthPreparation for a Home Birth and owning responsibilityExperience of Free BirthBirthing the PlacentaEarly Postpartum
She learnt pretty late and went on to discover it people started saying your belly seems different.
In this episode, we discuss
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.Support the show
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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.
1. Views about Birth
2. Pushed for a surgery
3. Being sold packages on the second baby
4. Stem cell banking - the real side
5. Experience of Labor
6. Experience of Birth with twins
7. 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.Support the show
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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.Support the show
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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!Support the show
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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:
1. Birth then and now
2. Overinformation - is it a boon or curse
3. The reality of the Fear of Childbirth
4. Do babies feel birth trauma?
5. Impact of the experience of birth on babies
6. 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.Support the show
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You are routinely adviced an Induction if you go beyond 40 weeks
Big babySmall BabyBP, Swelling Placental variationsAmnitiotic Fluid variations
Induction is recommended with the slightest assumption of a potential issue.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.Support the show
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Home Birth with a Doctor!
Home Birth safe?Is it legal?Is it better than birthing in the hospital?
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 isThis 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
1. The idea of Pelvic Exams being a must in Pregnancy?
2. Should one take The Glucose sugar test or not?
3. The Labor that lasts for three days
4. Experience of Birth and Postpartum
5. 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.Support the show
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Back from a Break
The Home Birth storiesThe Free Birth storiesEducative episodes on EpisiotomiesUltrasounds and more!
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 vsThere 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 PregnancySanjana's preparation for birth and postpartumExperience of Labor and events leading up to birth—unmedicated, undisturbedEcstasy of Birth, when birth becomes painlessPostpartum ExperienceResources discussed:
Book : Ten Moons: The Inner Journey of Pregnancy, Preparation for Natural BirthAbout 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.
Story of Changing Doctors and buying time from the OBGYNInduction and its side effects Meconium Working through Postpartum after CesareanBirthtrauma reflected as Postpartum Depression and PTSDBirth trauma and its physical ramifications
Listen to Lavanya's story to learn about :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 HERESupport the show
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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.
Definition of PreeclampsiaChanges in the Circulatory , Liver and Kidney Systems involved directly or indirectly with PreeclampsiaQuestions a pregnant woman can ask when presented with a similar situation.What all factors can help better and reliable diagnosis of the situation
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:If this helped, we encourage you to leave a comment/rating/review on the platform you are listening to this from!
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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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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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