By Divya Kapoor
This Podcast explores how indigenously Birth has always unfolded, among women - our tribe, where children could see how breastfeeding was done and how birth happened. This an attempt to fetch th
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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
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.
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.
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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:
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.
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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.
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
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
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.
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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
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:
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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The podcast currently has 114 episodes available.